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>If your threat model is that the OS provider is hostile, no amount of changing of settings will protect you from their actions... No, the threat model is that
by hueving 11y ago
>If your threat model is that the OS provider is hostile, no amount of changing of settings will protect you from their actions...
No, the threat model is that centrally collected data will be pilfered by the government or the company itself. If it's just not collected in the first place the temptation won't be there to abuse it.
It's like saying, "if your threat model is that the government is hostile, there is nothing you can do to prevent them from getting information from you."
There are lines the government won't cross (e.g. US govt torturing your family members in front of you) and there are lines Microsoft won't cross (e.g. secret exfiltration of your files).
- raesene9 11y agoAnd on that basis all modern consumer focused OS' are about as bad as each other, they all rely on cloud features which gather data about the user and hold it centrally. It's why I'm so puzzled that people jump on MS specifically for this, Google have been doing all the same stuff for years and no-one seems to care. That said on your lines that people wouldn't cross, I'm afraid I have not confidence in either of your examples. The US gov. has totured people for years, I see no reason to believe they wouldn't do it to family members if they thought it would meet their goals, and MS would exfiltrate data if provided an appropriately authorised requirement by the US government...
- Silhouette 11y agoIt's why I'm so puzzled that people jump on MS specifically for this, Google have been doing all the same stuff for years and no-one seems to care. Probably because until recently, Microsoft software is what you used if you didn't want to use those cloud-everything services from organisations like Google.