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Using 1.1.1.1 and 9.9.9.9 as DNS is not really "extreme privacy"

> Webcam and Microphone protection

Is there a way to achieve the same thing on Linux? Or at least for the microphone; for the webcam there are very low-tech solutions available :)

You should be able to unload the kernel modules that talk to the mic, and then set up some sort of software source using ALSA or one of its successors.

It'll probably be extremely fragile vs. the openbsd mechanism of having a bit set in the kernel though. (Most Linux configuration stuff is extremely fragile + complicated these days, so that's kind of par for the course.)

FWIW Framework laptops have physical power disconnect for the built-in microphone.

Thank you, I do like reading posts about hardening OpenBSD, or using it for desktop. :) I should probably switch to a supported GPU though.

Wondering how this is better than e.g. Tails

OpenBSD Extreme Privacy Setup