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"You need to try Linux" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 20 hours ago by digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] index@sh.itjust.works 16 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Protests crack down on the internet has been going on for quite some time, don't just blame it on trump but on the whole government and its infrastructure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And Facebook as an integrated part of the international surveillance state has been firmly established since Snowden leaked the PRISM program.

Like, there are a lot of reasons to switch to linux and plenty of them are compelling. But its an absolute fantasy to believe you're somehow immune to surveillance because you're using the same software as Amazon's EC2. Does anyone really believe the NSA hasn't cracked Linux Mint yet?

Or, for that matter, that using a linux desktop is going to insulate you from being spied on via a public facing 3rd party social media forum?

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

You mean with the USA Intel or AMD CPUs?

Think that it doesn't matter what you use as OS as the microchip inside the CPU chip can read anything it wants

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 13 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Sure. Although that's just a matter of unplugging your computer from the Internet. Also, at least in theory, Linux isn't actively leaking all your data into various Cloud services. Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive are just invitations for the NSA to paw through your file system.

I just can't imagine how Linux protects you from posting on Facebook.