How to protect your privacy in the text editor called Atom 1.0

Yesterday Atom 1.0 was released and the way to protect your privacy has slightly changed compared to earlier versions. So this is actually an update to my blog that I wrote nine months ago. See also http://loefflmann.blogspot.de/2014/09/how-to-protect-your-privacy-in-text.html

Screenshots have been taken on a Mac, but instructions apply to all platforms that are supported by Atom 1.0 (OS X 10.8 or later, Windows 7 & 8, RedHat Linux, and Ubuntu Linux).