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Suggest privacy-friendly Grammarly alternative: docker-ized LanguageTool

Katrin Leinweber requested to merge suggest-Grammarly-alternative-LanguageTool into master

Why is this change being made?

Since privacy concerns are noted for Grammarly, I started experimenting with a local LanguageTool server.

Keeping an eye on the LittleSnitch log, it does not seem to me that any of the spell-checked content is uploaded anywhere. Suggestions are even being made when I disable my MacBook's WiFi connection.

cc @mrincon & @BarbieGitLab, because you introduced the Grammarly handbook section and the warning about it in !26832 (merged) & !8235 (merged).

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Edited by Katrin Leinweber

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