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Does this actually matter so long as I just ask it questions I want answers to? I’m not feeding it any personal information. Sincere question. Enlighten me if so.
You wouldn't believe how little information can be personally identifying, especially when combined with other little pieces.
Also, knowing what's on the mind of western people, how they write, how they engage in conversations can be extremely valuable information.
Oh no. They will know that I don’t know how to implement cache invalidation in python. /s
Having an app installed gives it a lot of information
Unencrypted just means people on the way to that server can peek
I've started using Firefox to install sites 'as a web app'. I use that for cloud services and things I self host. Basically works like a native app but way more control over data.