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

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (3 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Not my case (ARM) and maybe is time to give some love to RISC-V.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Unsure if qualcom has some backdoor too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Broadcom. It's a RPi.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It wont protect there.

Also, I remember articles back then mentioning 5G Towers could create a dystopia because every company could easily put a 5G chip into the product and secretly track you regardless of Wifi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll just make my own cpu with a breadboard and a few wires!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Didnt google actually provide a service to create custom Silicon Chips with to 107nm and open source some Risk-V things?

I think it would be actually possible to create your own CPU through sich thing but unsure if they are able to backdoor it too. I think less likey