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Don't use computers for anything you want to keep private.

Or rather, proprietary software and hardware.

Why would non-proprietary software and hardware not be insecure?

Because typically you can't get away with sneaking code like `void keylogger() {` into freely available code. Even if hidden well, it will be discovered sooner or later with enough eyes. The only insecurities "allowed" by open-source code are accidents, and these can be discovered much quicker than accidents included in proprietary code.

In practice the situation is a little different though https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/event/linux_desktop...

Perhaps you've heard of the disaster known as X?

It's pretty clear that 'security' has never been a concern for Linux desktop developers, what software would you choose to run on your open source hardware instead of linux?

Here are a plenty of exploit mitigations that simply do not exist for Linux, https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Weston-W...

You only get what your expectations are. If your expectations is defeatism in the privacy space, then you're only creating what you don't want.

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