How Do You Play Video Games While Maximizing Privacy?
How Do You Play Video Games While Maximizing Privacy?
I’m a firm believer that inching towards a more private life and future is a good thing in and of itself. However, I also believe that striving for a healthy social life and finding individual happiness is very important.
One area that I’m a bit lost on how to achieve better privacy is gaming. I also believe this is an area that is often overlooked. Do you all have any tips, tricks, or guides on how to game while retaining some level of privacy?
Specifically I’m referring to privacy from corporations, governments, and to a lesser extent friends. I’m also thinking about all types of games, from MMOs, to competitive FPSs, to RTS Games, to RPGs.
With Linux gaming becoming increasingly viable in conjunction with the mainstream success of the Steamdeck, I would imagine one idea for most people is kicking windows to the curb.
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If you want to use Windows, don't use that install for anything personal (i.e. use it for games but do everything else on your phone or wherever). If you want to use Linux then check out ProtonDB to see how well your Windows binaries will run on Linux using Proton - I'm having a great time on the Steam Deck and I think most of the tips for that are applicable to most Linux installs!
Steam deck all the way, I have like 5 games I even would consider playing, that can't run on the proton. Just switch my laptop to Linux, and once I back up my desktop, swapping that too