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Hi all, I know a lot of people on this forum know more about computers than me and I've been having questions about privacy on computers. It seems to me that both Macs and Windows are taking in more and more information about pretty much everything that is done on them, and it doesn't really seem like that trend will change any time soon. I'm philosophically opposed to that, so I was thinking of switching to linux or maybe buying an old laptop and trying out a few different linux distros to see how that was. So that's my first question, is linux really that much more private than mac or windows? It's open source, but I don't know whether or not it collects data on users. My second question is about internet security and privacy. As far as I can tell there's no way to really use the internet without having some data collected on you. Are there browsers that are better about that than others, or are they all pretty much the same? Also, are vpns really all that helpful? I know there are varying levels of vpn quality, but I'm still kind of trying to wrap my head around what vpn actually does. Is vpn more for security, like protection against viruses and malware, or is it more to prevent sites from taking in data about you? Also if you have any other useful information about protecting privacy (and also security) put it here. To me privacy is more important than performance or ease of use, and it's kind of hard to find helpful information that doesn't go over my head. I don't feel super safe using the internet or using computers in general, it's like that constant question of whether or not the computer is gathering/sending information about me that I'm not aware of Thanks in advance for your help!
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So, the wonderful folk over at NSA seem to be at their meddling ways again. At this point it seems that not all of the information is out yet but here is a time link to a news segment on it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVKyMk3ELQs#t=401 So, whats you guys opinion on this, is it an invasion of privacy...is there any excuse?