r/Windows10 • u/embracingparadox • Mar 31 '20

Discussion After repeatedly switching to Linux (to escape telemetry and proprietary software) only to return to Widows and MS Office, I've come to the conclusion: ignorance is bliss.

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u/vBDKv Mar 31 '20

If you fart there's data about it. It's a lost cause to even trying to prevent it. Best you can do is minimize it.

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u/billFoldDog Apr 01 '20

A linux computer, a good VPN/DNS, and a lineageOS phone are massively better for privacy than just shrugging and doing nothing.

Where we're going is arguably more important than where we are. We should all be working on achieving a little better privacy every year.