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I'm always worried with browser based editors that they are sending home a copy of the image.

• vore 4y ago
  What's stopping GIMP from doing the same thing? It has more access to the network than your browser.
  • leipert 4y ago
    Firewalls.
  • ungamedplayer 4y ago
    unshare -n gimp
  • alimov 4y ago
    The difference is that it’s Open source, so you could certainly verify if you wanted to.
    • alophawen 4y ago
      • bisRepetita 4y ago
        Yes, but the website owner can change its source code at any time, and even serve differently JS for each user, puting the entire responsibility on the user shoulder to check the code behavior all the time. It's not as demanding with an open source app with distributed source code and versioning. So I don't understand the snark, and how it is helpful.
        • httpsterio 4y ago
          Same goes for open source builds, you have to either build it yourself or trust the supplied builds.
          • SemanticStrengh 4y ago
            reproducible builds are a thing but yeah no easy solution out there for binary/code authenticity
          • Hallucinaut 4y ago
            Those aren't really the only two options though, are they? If you don't trust software you can run it air-gapped or in an internet-free sandbox. Moreover good luck trying to verify that everything a website does on the server side is unchanged compared to a binary that's been built locally once.
          • pabs3 4y ago
            It is also possible to trust anyone who has verified the build is reproducible: https://reproducible-builds.org/ https://reproducible-builds.org/
      • woojoo666 4y ago
        I wonder how often people are monitoring these things. If the photopea author decided to start collecting people's images, how soon would people catch on? And on the flip side, if the main Gimp author releases a binary that is different from the one built from source, how fast would people notice?
      • justinclift 4y ago
        Hmmm, "web tech" includes DRM stuff these days. So that's not 100% always true any more.
      • alimov 4y ago
        Don’t know if you want to be checking it with every launch, but enjoy.
      • mejutoco 4y ago
        If this is the bar, disassembling the binary should work too for Photoshop or any other software.
  • sva_ 4y ago
    OpenSnitch
• piaste 4y ago
  With Photopea, you can let the application load, then disconnect from the internet (or otherwise firewall the app) before loading your image. I just gave it a try and I could load the image, edit it in various ways, and save it just fine. If there are any features that require being online, I didn't find them.
• Smoosh 4y ago
  Same with me, slight paranoia, but there's nothing to stop a native app from doing it either.