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Or just none of anyone's business what we use our computers for and do on them?What could he be trying to hide :O
Exactly, most people who think they have privacy or do not care usually come out with "but i have nothing to hide...." , that's not the point. And if that is the case, go live in a glass house, or remove all your curtains, put a nice window in your washroom and let every one and thing see into your house every second of every day..I mean, since you do not have anything to hide after all.Funny.
How people assume people are trying to hide something.
It could be I don't like being "the product" for sale to advertisers.
I am looking to move away from Windows 10, except for gaming.
What is the best linux distro that is
secure
private
sends no analytics
does not track me
Exactly, most people who think they have privacy or do not care usually come out with "but i have nothing to hide...." , thats not the point. And if that is the case, go live in a glass house, or remove all your curtains, but a nice window in your washroom and let every one and thing see into your house every second of every day..I mean, since you do not have anything to hide after all.
I agree, but I feel like so many throw their privacy out the window with "I got nothing to hide" because they truly do not understand the value of the data they are freely letting every company have about them...Honestly though, I do not care about what others who are not privacy minded think of me wanting my privacy. It appears that the OP is serious about his privacy as well and this is a good start.
What people don't realize is their metadata alone is changing the face of markets and more, with AI being designed to consume everything possible, and providing it's creators with a path to manipulate all of society's actions. Once the AI has enough of a sample size and time to monitor cause and effect, it can essentially predict human behaviour. What is public right now, is they are using it for targeted marketing, it's what's not public that should concern everyone.I agree, but I feel like so many throw their privacy out the window with "I got nothing to hide" because they truly do not understand the value of the data they are freely letting every company have about them...
Just wait to the day (likely soon) that people get denied insurance coverage because of things they posted online like the time they were drunk and went mountain biking down a crazy trail!
Well, I use Ubuntu 20.04.2 on all 3 of my computers and it works for me. Just remember, we are speaking of local versions of all the things you listed. You should also consider using something like Brave Browser, stop using Onedrive, Google drive or any other online storage like that and get away from social media as well. True privacy is not just about what OS you use but it is a good start.
From what I understand, you can get Nextcloud if you need online storage. It allows you to setup a local server for that and share it online for your access only.
Edit: Checked out Switched to Linux on Youtube, he has some solid advice as well.
The Linux Kernel and associated GUIs are not going to be your probllem, all distros are bsically the same privacy level. It's the application layer you will have to get under control, which is the same as Windows.
When I split with my first wife she took all the curtains and I didn't replace them. If my neighbours didn't want to see the business, don't snoop. Made it pretty easy for her friends to keep tabs, though lolExactly, most people who think they have privacy or do not care usually come out with "but i have nothing to hide...." , that's not the point. And if that is the case, go live in a glass house, or remove all your curtains, put a nice window in your washroom and let every one and thing see into your house every second of every day..I mean, since you do not have anything to hide after all.
I have to give another shout for Manjaro. I've been happily using it on my main system for quite a while now with no real problems to speak of. It's easy to install and a relatively lean install as well. Most of the basics are installed by default but not a ton of "useless" stuff which I needed or wanted to un-install. It's also been rock solid.Manjaro
https://manjaro.org/
You don't need to run a pen test distro like kali or black arch to be secure when running Linux. Manjaro is imo one of the best all around distro options out there. Its powerful and slim based on Arch... its semi rolling giving it a extra layer of stability compared to fully rolling arch. IMO its the best option for basically everyone.
Mostly what it will come down to is what browser you run and what permissions you set that way. I mean if you are going to run Linux and then just install Google Chrome... well Chrome is going to Chrome. I like Chromium myself... and almost every distro these days keeps a nice up to date Chromium build in their repos. You can also run firefox or any of the smaller lesser options.
I have heard good things about brave browser... and you can install it in almost any distro. With Manjaro its located in the AUR (arch user repository)... you have to enable the AUR in manjaro package manager then it would who up as brave-bin (think there are also beta and alpha channels in the AUR as well)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brave-bin/
What is the "best" and to what extent you can reach your goals very much depends how much you want to get involved in the intricacies of Linux, and where in the "user friendly" vs. "user control" camp you are situated. One thing to keep in mind is the "are you the customer or the product" issue. Commercially backed Linux distros have an incentive to monetize their user base one way or the other, by tracking them or turning them into beta testers for their enterprise products (as Windows user this might sound familiar). Community backed distros do not. So I think Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, etc. are not what you want.What is the best linux distro
KDEs telemetry (can be disabled) this is not like Google.
Well bulletproof security is a pipe dream, that doesn't mean you can't do what you can to be secure.Just always remember, if they can hack multi billion dollar companies, the US government, and countless federal and state agencies, do us plebs really stand a chance at any real sense of privacy?
I don't think your average home user has anything to worry about from "hackers". If they are not just some 4channer playing around, they are looking to be poolitically active, and/ or make money. Then they are ususaly a part of a group actively seeking fruitful targets, and your home rig with your bank login credentials is worhless. The way a user gets into trouble is trust. You trust when you give that website your CC info, that it will be secure on their database, it's not. Your personal data is in the 'cloud', and that's where you are vunerabe, not your worthess home PC. The problem then beomes, are you in control of your PC and what data it sends to other devices on the network.I personally went with Arch because I wanted to learn more about GNU/Linux and the install process.
Whether or not any OS is tracking you or not will always be a question I don't think anyone can really answer with 100% certainty.
Most vulnerabilities will happen once you start installing other applications and all bets are off the moment you connect to the internet, particularly through a web browser.
There are practical steps you can take to harden your GNU/Linux setup, and the Arch wiki has a lot of good resources. Just always remember, if they can hack multi billion dollar companies, the US government, and countless federal and state agencies, do us plebs really stand a chance at any real sense of privacy?
You don't have to use their hardware, PureOS is a free Linux distro.
Yes, it is. And the GNU/Free Software Foundation concept it is founded on is great. Just don't expect it to run well out of the box on all hardware.You don't have to use their hardware, PureOS is a free Linux distro.
Yeah, I don't disagree it's a pipe dream. And I do take steps to be as secure as I can be. And I certainly recommend everyone take steps to do what they can to be secure.Well bulletproof security is a pipe dream, that doesn't mean you can't do what you can to be secure.
I think just using Linux (any distro, the basic telemetry is not invasive IMO) and locking down your browser will go a long way.
As they say, if me and you are being chased by a bear, I don't have to run faster than the bear. I just have to run faster than you.
I disagree 100%. I've worked on enough machines over the years that have been infested with malware, browser redirects, etc where people have either had to pay to unlock it, or pay me to fix it for them. They may not be targeted by a specific hacker group, but everyone is being targeted somehow. Just because it's not showing up on the headline news as a hot trending topic doesn't mean it's not happening.I don't think your average home user has anything to worry about from "hackers". If they are not just some 4channer playing around, they are looking to be poolitically active, and/ or make money. Then they are ususaly a part of a group actively seeking fruitful targets, and your home rig with your bank login credentials is worhless. The way a user gets into trouble is trust. You trust when you give that website your CC info, that it will be secure on their database, it's not. Your personal data is in the 'cloud', and that's where you are vunerabe, not your worthess home PC. The problem then beomes, are you in control of your PC and what data it sends to other devices on the network.