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Does installing Linux on a Mac keep Apple from getting your data? (hexbear.net)

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This is something I can't figure out, because my understanding is that no matter what OS you install, unless you bought your Mac with cash, your serial number and credit card are now connected...and will always be spilling data about you.

Thanks for any advice...I'm wondering if it's worth it to install a new OS.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just speaking one hexbear to another: switching away from the operating system and ecosystem favored by the security industry and privacy conscious elite which has a well documented history of being the hardest target for law enforcement, requiring the highest bar for legal cooperation and providing methods of protecting personal data (even if that behavior isn’t the default) and yet keeping yourself on the voter rolls is something to chew on.

I been mulling over your reply and I can’t put into words what I feel but it’s similar to when a friend in recovery with a ton of trauma and long ass rap sheet was excited to get out there at the demonstration.

I can’t say what’s best for you but it makes me worry.

I’m about halfway through extreme privacy and I’m legit about to order a personal copy just so I can scribble in the margins. I’ll read your link too probably tomorrow after work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you! I wish I had sprung for the hardcopy edition of Extreme Privacy. I don't have a rap sheet, I "have nothing to hide"...but it gives me a sense of peace feeling more in control of my data. (Oh, and I do run the Punching Up Press site, and I hope it doesn't get to the point where I have to worry.

If I do something that actually lands me in the sights of the federal government, I'm sure it's trivially easy for them to find me. I'm more anti-Big Tech, anti-surveillance out of principle, etc.