I just updated to Joplin 2.6.1.0 from 2.1.7. Now everytime I start Joplin it attempts to contact a server: redirector.gvt1.com According to this article: What are these suspicious Google GVT1.com URLs? The GVT in the gvt1.com domain stands for Google Video Transcoding, and is used as a cache ser…

I use Joplin because its privacy focussed. I trust Joplin would not directly transmit my note contents to remote servers without my knowledge unless venerability has been exploited in my OS or Joplin. Without its focus on privacy, Joplin will lose its unique value to me and many others. The people a…

[image] ralphcrew: The people arguing that Joplin should not prioritise privacy because it only serves a small user base, are making a seemingly sound, but destructive argument. I don't hear people making this argument at all. The original complaint is that Joplin is making a call to a Google…

[image] whitewall: I don't hear people making this argument at all. Did we read the same thread? However, I do agree, that if the data being sent to Google is of low value, than its unreasonable to expect devs and contributors to go extraordinary lengths to stop it from happening. Relying o…

[image] ralphcrew: Without its focus on privacy, Joplin will lose its unique value to me and many others. Where did you get the impression that Joplin's focus on privacy has changed? In fact, Laurent basically said the opposite, with what I think a very sensible compromise: [image] lauren…

[image] ralphcrew: if the data being sent to Google is of low value That was exactly the point. No data is sent to Google servers. A GET request is made to download a dictionary. As with all requests, certain information is most likely logged on the server (IP address, user agent string, URI)…

This is my view too. I'm not worried about the metadata that Google will capture in a single GET request. I think the talk about what other secret information could be transmitted in SSL is a bit overblown. The software making the request is open-source. It wouldn't be too hard to open up the re…

I host LanguageTool myself GitHub - Erikvl87/docker-languagetool: Dockerfile for LanguageTool server - configurable Is there a way to use it in Joplin so that the user does not ned to rely on external stuff given the user hosts her own language tools?

This came up on Hacker News yesterday and it seems relevant to the discussion here: GDPR penalty for passing on of IP address to Google by using Google Fonts | Hacker News (I don't read German so this is based on comments on HN) A company has been fined for GDPR violation because it used Google fon…

I think this Google translation of a news article is quite good: LG München: Einbindung von Google Fonts ohne Einwilligung (look at 5., 6. and 7.) As @roman_r_m already said a German website used Google Fonts and has to pay 100€ in compensation to a user. Its important to note that there was no opt…

I wonder if that applies to open source software though. It's under MIT license and no guarantee of any kind is provided - that's what the user agree on when they download the app. So if the author of such apps can be fined then it means the MIT license means nothing, and you can be fined and sued l…

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