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Switching to Linux may actually make it easier to track you. Your advertising cohort will be narrowed by 97% just by the simple fact that you use Linux.
by jqpabc123 2y ago
Switching to Linux may actually make it easier to track you.
Your advertising cohort will be narrowed by 97% just by the simple fact that you use Linux.
- theandrewbailey 2y agoPossibly, but I take other steps to cover my tracks. At least the operating system itself isn't snitching via telemetry.
- jqpabc123 2y agoYour OS actually has access to very little exploitable info about your behavior that your browser doesn't.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoSure, but at least you won't get random ads showing up in your OS.
- jqpabc123 2y agoI've heard about this but I've yet to actually see one. But I don't login using a Microsoft ID either.
- theandrewbailey 2y agoThere's "Suggested Apps" and recommended items, which might as well be ads. I've never logged in with a MS ID either, but I've seen them, and they're on by default (because of course they are). https://techjourney.net/enable-or-disable-automatic-install-of-third-party-suggested-apps-games-in-windows-10/ https://techjourney.net/enable-or-disable-automatic-install-...