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I use the quality of writing as a side channel to help me assess how valid a story is. Having to use google translate negates that possibility for me, as it obscures this information. Since I know nothing about the site, can someone vouch for the quality of the site, reporting, and evidence, and possibly provide a summary (or point towards one)?

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norddeutscher_Rundfunk

Think German BBC.

Thank you. I have the gist of what's being said from Google translate, but do you know if they perhaps have an English translation they supply that I'm missing (I understand it's unlikely)? Whatever specific details might be conveyed by the language seem to be obscured by bad translation software.

Edit: Found http://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/01/browsing-history-sold/, so nevermind (unless you think that's not an accurate portrayal of the German article).

NDR is a part of ARD responsible for northern Germany. I think it is unlikely, that they have an English version. Deutsche Welle (international) [0] and Arte (French-German) [1] are their only foreign language services that come to mind.

[0] https://www.dw.com

[1] https://www.arte.tv

Thanks. I figured it was unlikely, but this seems interesting enough that it was worth asking. I did find what appears to be a fair summary in English though (added above).

There are details in the Debian bug report:

https://bugs.debian.org/842939

That's not what side channel means. The word you're looking for is heuristic.

You're right that I didn't mean to use side channel, but I didn't mean heuristic. I meant it more as an additional channel of information, like tone with regard to speech.

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