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		longlivegnu on Feb 10, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Defending GCC considered futile Yes, RMS does not "browse the web" he has a server that runs a script sort of like wget or cURL.

protomyth on Feb 10, 2015 [–]

Is there a source for why he doesn't "browse the web"? I've read about how he does it, but the articles I have seen are very light on the reason.

tjr on Feb 10, 2015 | [–]

https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

I've never heard him flat-out say "why", but it sure appears to be in order to maximize anonymity / privacy on the web.

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