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  • chappedafloat@lemmy.wtf
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    1 year ago

    OP is wrong about firmware. linux-firmware package is not about mitigating firmware vulnerabilities. It's just blobs for things like nvidia and other stuff. I don't know if Linux has firmware vulnerability mitigation but if it doesn't then QubesOS is much better because it does prevent a lot of the vulnerabilities by disabling hyperthreading.




  • You are right but I think most people would in hindsight say they wished the did more to protect their computer when shit happens. It's like a camera, you can buy a cheap camera meant to be used for a vacation then thrown away and it's not worth much but the pictures you have taken are worth a lot as in semantic value, memories you want to keep.

    In someones computer they have their entire digital life. Work, personal life, social life, all kinds of data, pictures, banking, investments, crypto, etc. All that is priceless. That's why ransomware viruses are so effective, people will pay and do anything to get their data back and they all wished they had just done some simple backups and from then on they will probably spend effort on security.





  • It's normal but people don't like it. Just ask the people you know if they are ok with all the mass surveillance, they don't like it. But it's just too difficult for them to do anything about it. They don't like this "small beginner steps" approach to privacy. They want complete privacy without effort or nothing at all and they don't want to pay for it. It's laughable and sad but that's my experience talking about privacy with people. But the point here i guess is that mass surveillance has been forced on us all. They create a new wonderful technology with lots of use case but then they also add in some mass surveillance on it as well as a bonus.






  • Why not is the question and that comes down to guessing. Sheep do what they are told so don't need to guess much there. Those who are not sheep have to go through a long journey to gradually keep increasing their privacy and unlearn the sheep habits we've been conditioned to have.

    The end goal is to throw away your phone because you can do everything on your computer instead including buying a phone number, using voip and take and make calls. Phones are unnecessary spy devices used by sheep.