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@fsf Let me list a few examples of FOSS programs that spy on you:
Firefox, Thunderbird, Tor Browser, Brave Browser, Waterfox, Librewolf. Source: https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/index.html
This is just a small portion of them all. It has been shown over and over that being FOSS does nothing whatsoever to prevent the spying, so why do you keep misleading people?