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Privacy-focused code editors for beginners
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this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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WTF is a "privacy-focused code editor?" They're just glorified text editors! They run locally! They don't connect to the Internet at all! How would they be anything other than "privacy-focused" by default? Why is this even a question?!
I fucking hate this timeline.
Anyway, to answer your question: emacs, obviously. Or vim if you're evil, I suppose. Or just whatever the Hell you want, because if your editor even has "terms of service" or a "privacy policy" of any kind something has already gone horribly wrong.
This is one of the few types of software where it would probably make more sense to just list the few that are not "privacy-focused".
my first thought as well....how did we get to the point that this is a valid topic?
(not a comment about you OP, just the state of the world)