> Could be that people have already disappeared... NSA... Stasi... Uhmm, OK. I don't think that switching to a different OS is going to do anything to stop the

> Could be that people have already disappeared... NSA... Stasi... Uhmm, OK. I don't think that switching to a different OS is going to do anything to stop the NSA, but I sincerely wish you good fortune in that endeavor. Please make sure that you comb over every line of code that you run on your system, because that's the only way you're going to be safe. Given the type of concerns that you stated I had a hard time imagining that you ever used Windows. That's why I asked. Anyway, here are my other responses: 1) Sure there is a reason. It's a really bad design to have one switch that disables a set of completely unrelated features. 2) You say they're being malicious, but you have zero proof. Until such time as you have some proof, this argument holds no weight whatsoever. 3) Exactly. You don't know.