I'm a very privacy conscious Linux user. I'm not doing anything illegal, so I have no active concern about security. I'm not unrealistic. When it comes to my threat profiling, I don't expect my desktop to withstand attack by alphabet-soup US federal agencies. I just want to know that I have complete ownership of my hardware, and my data. I'm satisfied just knowing that a shadowy company like Google, or Apple, is not profiling me. If someone was going to be concerned with security from the government, Linux is still much more preferable than Windows, Android, or MacOS.