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In privacy communities, its usually assumed that non-libre OSes have the capability of spying on everything you do. But, what do they actually monitor in practice? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41641719

Keystrokes? Screen recordings? Camera and microphone spying? Assuming an average person who's not actively targeted by an intelligence agency.

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[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Worse, they ban us from proving. They don't want us to know. 🚩

[–] DrunkAnRoot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

thats y intel ME is so under wraps if people knew what it did thr entire tech space would colapse in