@yogthos @RoundSparrow we can safely use computers and phones if they don't have an internet connection.

@RoundSparrow @yogthos if the employee of a private company is selling data on his own behalf, he can get sued and prosecuted for misconduct. In the case of Snowden he did not do it for personal gains but to just report a crime. Also an entire planet is on his side. The US establishment has no chance.

@Tretiak i wonder when will they expand it to combat establishment dissent and free speech in general?

@bigbox drivers sit in the linux kernel. You'll need to wait for next iteration of OS to get a newer kernel that might include your wifi model as well. ZorinOS 17 is due to be released in a few months.

@bigbox with ZorinOS you won't feel the difference when coming from spydows. As soon as I made the switch to Linux I tested over 15 distros and I ended up with ZorinOS Core.

@Pantherina :)) and I also shut down my google account completely. Together with this, replacing all google apps with more reputable alternatives. Let's hope that a good alternative for GPlay Store is not far away.

@Ephera Unfortunately, they like to mark anything they don't agree as hate speech, espionage act, etc. And there have been cases of detainment for shaming the establishment.

@Ephera @sovietsnake What's wrong with hate speech?

It allows you to expose incompetence at the establishment level. This way the incompetents would see themselves forced to improve. All the crises we are currently going through would miraculously be solved overnight.

@comfy The hardware approach has already surpassed most of androids due to their open firmware nature. In my scenario, let's say I'm going to a protest and enforce my human rights upon the establishment. I turn off cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, BLE, NFC, UWB and just use my phone as a pocket computer to take video footage. Later I read a security article that the cellular modem in my phone is able to transmit data outside phone's operating system.

@comfy in terms of software linux phones still have a long way to catch android. Even when taking the desktop flavors, against windows, linux is still not a match. Thanks for sharing that article. Is good to know exactly which are the areas where linux must improve.

@comfy @thursday_j Indeed you need context, but let's limit the concept of "full privacy and security" to things that are in your control. E.g you might control the physical safety of your device but you can't control how many man-in-the-middle are between your phone and the rest of the internet. As a regular technology user my threat actors are big-tech and establishments.