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Thoughts on Windows and WSL?
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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Windows has complete access to the WSL file system, so there’s zero privacy improvement. If you’re concerned with privacy, take a look at Arch Linux or Gentoo to install only the components you want, or if you are looking for extreme privacy, check out Tails or possibly QubesOS. Those are probably not the place to start learning about Linux but you mentioned privacy. Ubuntu, Fedora, etc. all have telemetry and crap built in so if you want privacy/anonymity you should look at other systems like the ones I mentioned. Have fun, good luck.
Thank you for the reply, that is also news to me about Ubuntu. Since im so used to debian based distros, I think i may just look into just using plain vanilla debian.
Even Debian has it, but at least they seem very transparent about it.
https://wiki.debian.org/PrivacyIssues
Even Debian?! Ugh..
I'll also add to this that WSL is a security nightmare. If something manages to dig its way into your wsl install and add, for example, WINE, there's no end to the (hidden to your av) mischief it can enact.