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Your Linux PC is NOT private out of the box
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This is more of a "be aware of your footprint" and less of a "security concern". This post is pressing hard on the fear of data getting stolen, however none of these things are major ways in which your data gets stolen.
It's phishing, social engineering, default configurations, weak passwords, no MFA, compromised online-services and supply-chain-attacks, and then, and only then are we even talking about actual CVEs in your local system and app environment. And usually we are talking old ones; for apps which you haven't updates in a while, as they are the most common.
What I'm saying is for your target audience, this is exactly the wrong thing to focus on. Tech savvy users might wanna look into this but they are very likely aware of all these things, and amateurs definitely should focus on basic security practices.
The problem with logs is that drive encryption is uselss in a Ross Ulbricht like situation where someone takes your laptop while ut is unlocked.
and what isn't... pretty sure in a Ross Ulbricht situation... there was more than enough stuff he needed to remain private currently open, and in the main files. Ulbright could have been on a live CD on a computer with no physical hard drive, and it wouldn't have helped him since they nailed him after he had logged into the silk road.
Yeah if you wanna go tht way you have to go etheral and memory only. That means either a VM with auto reset, or tails or something. However, this is not feasible for the average Linux user.