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I'm not entirely sure I can eloquently put it into words, but I cannot see how Grammarly could possibly be trustable or even how trust should play a role in the

by rocgf 4y ago

I'm not entirely sure I can eloquently put it into words, but I cannot see how Grammarly could possibly be trustable or even how trust should play a role in the decision to use it. I mean it's a service that basically tracks every word you write, and does so for what I consider a very small benefit. Even if you can trust Grammarly to be completely ethical today and in the future, no service can claim that it's completely secure from hacking. All OSes have what is essentially the same service as Grammarly, without having to stream every word you type to a third-party service.

revolvingocelot 4y ago
>All OSes have what is essentially the same service as Grammarly Not all of them! Excluding Ubuntu, and stuff like package management management and heartbeat is-the-internet-up pings, Linux doesn't phone home about anything, let alo-- >without having to stream every word you type to a third-party service Oh, you mean the spellcheck part. Right, right, yeah.
ryandvm 4y ago
Came here to say exactly that. No reputation could be stirling enough and no security practices tight enough to convince me that ANY entity should be receiving EVERY SINGLE KEY STROKE that I make in my browser. I would not send all that data to the Red Cross, much less a fucking fly-by-night browser extension company that has no choice but to monetize it.
autoexec 4y ago
> All OSes have what is essentially the same service as Grammarly, without having to stream every word you type to a third-party service. Starting with Windows 10 Microsoft has been keylogging for the same reason and saving the data for themselves to use for whatever they want. I'd consider that a 3rd party personally. http://www.renegadetribune.com/windows-10-quietly-logging-every-keystroke-sending-microsoft/ http://www.renegadetribune.com/windows-10-quietly-logging-ev...
vletal 4y ago
Maybe for you, I am dyslexic and my writing sucks. Even in my mother tongue, let alone English. If I need to give a good impression, I rely heavily on Grammarly because it can reformulate sentences in a way I never could. Yet for sure, I do not use it for anything sensitive or for work purposes. I do not really trust them.
- commonlisper 4y ago
  Can you not use a desktop software to correct your spellings, fix your grammar and reformulate sentences? I think even something like Microsoft Word is going to be a good bargain for this. If you want a free tooling Emacs with some plugins can be great. A quick search gave me https://simpleit.rocks/lisp/emacs/writing-in-emacs-checking-spelling-style-and-grammar/ https://simpleit.rocks/lisp/emacs/writing-in-emacs-checking-... Exploring this space may give more results for free tooling that runs your desktop and sends your data to noone.
  - clay-dreidels 4y ago
    Grammarly is easier to use than Emacs.
  - TT-392 4y ago
    Pretty sure the grammar / spelling correct is still miles away from grammarly (at least last time I tried it)

by rocgf 4y ago

revolvingocelot 4y ago

>All OSes have what is essentially the same service as Grammarly Not all of them! Excluding Ubuntu, and stuff like package management management and heartbeat is-the-internet-up pings, Linux doesn't phone home about anything, let alo-- >without having to stream every word you type to a third-party service Oh, you mean the spellcheck part. Right, right, yeah.

ryandvm 4y ago

Came here to say exactly that. No reputation could be stirling enough and no security practices tight enough to convince me that ANY entity should be receiving EVERY SINGLE KEY STROKE that I make in my browser. I would not send all that data to the Red Cross, much less a fucking fly-by-night browser extension company that has no choice but to monetize it.

autoexec 4y ago

> All OSes have what is essentially the same service as Grammarly, without having to stream every word you type to a third-party service. Starting with Windows 10 Microsoft has been keylogging for the same reason and saving the data for themselves to use for whatever they want. I'd consider that a 3rd party personally. http://www.renegadetribune.com/windows-10-quietly-logging-every-keystroke-sending-microsoft/ http://www.renegadetribune.com/windows-10-quietly-logging-ev...

vletal 4y ago

Maybe for you, I am dyslexic and my writing sucks. Even in my mother tongue, let alone English. If I need to give a good impression, I rely heavily on Grammarly because it can reformulate sentences in a way I never could. Yet for sure, I do not use it for anything sensitive or for work purposes. I do not really trust them.

commonlisper 4y ago
Can you not use a desktop software to correct your spellings, fix your grammar and reformulate sentences? I think even something like Microsoft Word is going to be a good bargain for this. If you want a free tooling Emacs with some plugins can be great. A quick search gave me https://simpleit.rocks/lisp/emacs/writing-in-emacs-checking-spelling-style-and-grammar/ https://simpleit.rocks/lisp/emacs/writing-in-emacs-checking-... Exploring this space may give more results for free tooling that runs your desktop and sends your data to noone.
- clay-dreidels 4y ago
  Grammarly is easier to use than Emacs.
- TT-392 4y ago
  Pretty sure the grammar / spelling correct is still miles away from grammarly (at least last time I tried it)