• zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
    14·
    1 year ago

    not necessarily. you need security for privacy but you don't need privacy to be secure.

    your data is more secure on windows from malicious 3rd party actors than Linux, but you have lower privacy due to Microsoft's ridiculously invasive telemetry. The telemetry does not decrease your security though.

    • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
      32·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn't agree the telemetry essentially increases ur attack surface to include all of Microsoft. Sure a Microsoft server might be more secure than something else but they are also a far bigger target

      • zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
        17·
        1 year ago

        I'm sorry but no lmao. Microsoft getting hacked isn't increasing your risk for exfiltrating local data.

          • zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml
            31·
            1 year ago

            that is a fair point, I wish people didn't trust cloud storage as much but I blame Microsoft for putting it as the default home directory on windows unless disabled. even chromebooks default to local storage unless you select Google drive while windows defaults straight to OneDrive without any obvious signifiers