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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Privacy
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Mac is less intrusive than Windows. Windows 10 is a whole lot less intrusive than Windows 11. You can lock Windows 10 down even more if you use Shut Up 10. It's an amazing piece of freeware. Just be aware that Windows will reset a lot of your options after major updates.
Duck Duck Go is more secure than any other search engine and browser. Firefox is next in the list if you're not on a Mac. Get uBlock Origin and NextDNS.io.
Don't give your real information to companies when possible. Don't browse the web logged into Google, Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, etc.
I would say there's an argument to be made against duckduckgo with how they're not open source, and the whole allowing Microsoft trackers deal, but it is definitely a better option than google or bing. I don't understand why you're mentioning their browser however, as there are definitely much better alternatives.
Their browser runs in permanent privacy mode and blocks all tracking scripts and cookies by default. You can configure Firefox to act the same way, and it's a better browser overall, but I figured that anyone who knows how to do that wouldn't be asking the question, so recommending DDG browser is an easy solution. Plus it has a cool window burn animation!
Fair enough, and the window burn animation is definitely nice.
There's a Burn My Windows plugin for Debian if you're on Linux that lets you apply that, and many other animations, to all of your windows. You can get it working on Arch too if you're into that sort of thing. It's probably my favorite part of my Linux computers, which is silly considering all of the other benefits, but I love it. LOL
Yeah that sounds quite nice, I'll look into it.