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submitted 10 hours ago by Common_Radish_4964@r.nf to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

how do they know?

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[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 11 points 10 hours ago

how do they know?

I have to know now, this is bugging the hell out of me. Is it an estimate based on daily downloads? Do they get a ping when you connect to the internet, and if so, why would they count that as a boot? If I boot this on an air gapped laptop, there’s no way they could ever know, right? So many questions. Regardless, this seems like a weird thing for them to brag about.

[-] BelatedPeacock@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Maybe estimated based up checking for updates or something? Just a blind guess though.

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