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I Audited the Privacy of Popular Free Dev Tools, the Results Are Terrifying


I tested what happens when you paste code into popular online developer tools. Some sites contact 96 external domains, set 540 cookies, and run real-time ad auctions on your data. Here is everything I found.

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