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any distro recommendations for privacy? (for real)
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That's not how privacy work, privacy isn't a button to press and then call it a day, you have to reject anything thats is a threat to your privacy, switching tools and OSes doesn't make it any better if you're still doing the same thing all over again
i know i thought it would be way more private than it is (i use tor that tails comes with and safest settings) im not asking for everything just something
It is more private, you even more private that the vast majority of people using internet right now (me included) it just, Google is big, like, really big, too big that you cannot escape them, literally, even the dumbphone can't escape Google
How can google track you when you use a dumb phone? Do mean by means of other tech or are you implying they have access to cellular towers?