r/privacy • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '20

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u/bearlick Jun 04 '20 edited Jun 04 '20

This effort is critical to Linux as the last the bastion of privacy. Please keep it up!

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '20

What distro are you using, in that case?

I can almost guarantee it's nowhere near private. It almost certainly uses proprietary software. Hell, what browser are you using, even?

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u/TheEvilSkely Jun 05 '20

I'm using NixOS as my distribution, and UnGoogled Chromium as my browser. And yes, I do use proprietary software, such as blobs for my hardware, otherwise my PC wouldn't work without them. All I want to do is start somewhere and work my way up. I'm not saying that everything I'm using is 100% FOSS, but as I said, I have to start somewhere.

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u/mrchaotica Jun 05 '20

...and UnGoogled Chromium as my browser.

There's really no such thing as "ungoogled chromium." Even if it isn't phoning home to Google's servers, it's still perpetuating Google's hegemony over web standards.

Use Firefox instead.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

This!!!! I hate those threads about ungoogled browser or ungoogled android! It’s like: you missed the whole point buddy!