I appreciate your replies! TheDoc: > In respect to telemetry, the companies I recommended should be exactly the same. Telemetry generally has to do with which OS you choose, so as long as you pick an OS with truly optional telemetry (such as Fedora) you should have the exact same experience. But what about the hardware that the OS is running on? What’s the point of having a super secure and locked down OS if the hardware has the ability to transmit user data back to someone online? Bluetacked: > Love my M4 Air. Best computer I’ve ever bought, and I’ve bought a lot over 25+ years. Any reason you didn’t buy the M5? It’s supposed to have new security features

rbird2: > Security and Privacy are two different things. Chromebooks are very secure devices but not private. There are many better alternatives, it depends on what your needs and priorities are. TheDoc: > Dell or Lenovo could be good options if you want the “reliability” of a big company. They’ll stick around longer than the lifespan of your laptop and they have commonly understood baselines of product and customer service quality. I appreciate your replies! I can understand where you’re coming from about wanting to support smaller businesses but right now my only focus is which company gives the user the most user privacy and the least user telemetry.

TheDoc: > It’s my understanding that Kicksecure can offer superior anti-forensics features How possible

TheDoc: > You’re not able to configure certain websites to use certain containers. That feature is called Traffic Control and it’s in Nightly (1.97).

TheDoc: > then buy a cheap digital item like a song, Will it also work with buying cheap kindle books?

TheDoc: > I’d consider encrypted RCS via Google Messages I’d argue that it depends on the phone you’re using. I have an Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and after an update Samsung did, my phone was no longer compatible with RCS. I can still message, it’s just not RCS. When I tried to turn in on in the settings, I stopped being able to send messages

TheDoc: > could you play it off as just being a tech nerd? I share your and others’ belief that there is nothing inherently incriminating about GrapheneOS. It’s just good software, and that is actually the main reason why I want it. It’s just that the thought of them getting up to speed on what GrapheneOS is, and adjusting their surveillance methods accordingly, is chilling to me. That tactic is still what I plan to do as a last resort.

TheDoc: > if you’re a minor fleeing an abusive family I’d hope whatever you’re doing would not only be legal but supported by the government. None of the provable parts were deemed severe enough. The rest were assumed false without sufficient proof. This has been my experience so far. But I just want to say, you’re not wrong to bring this up to someone mentioning abuse. Abusive families like to tell their victims incessantly that no one will help, so it’s good to make sure people know. (I mean, I guess they were right in my case.)

TheDoc: > if you’re a minor fleeing an abusive family I’d hope whatever you’re doing would not only be legal but supported by the government. None of the provable parts were deemed severe enough. The rest were assumed false without sufficient proof. This has been my experience so far. But I just want to say, you’re not wrong to bring this up to someone mentioning abuse. Abusive families like to tell their victims incessantly that no one will help, so it’s good to make sure people know. (I mean, I guess they were right in my case.)

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