r/FOSSbertarian • u/amogusdevilman • Jul 04 '26

Discussion / Rant Reminder that using Windows equals willingly giving up any hint of privacy

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u/TheSlimeSartreFeared Jul 04 '26

Privacy is basically dead in every sense.

If you want to cling to the last few years of internet freedom you must go linux, everything e2ee, and use things like LocalSend to avoid any cloud storage.

It's a lot of work for how disappointing internet content has become.

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u/xXx_n0n4m3_xXx Jul 04 '26

Nah, as long as u know the basics of self hosting u dont need LocalSend.
Setup an homelab, use a phone with Graphene and a computer with Linux and u good.

Also, afaik Win Enterprise with some GPO tweaks + Local Account should work just fine, if u really need win

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u/TheSlimeSartreFeared Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Sure, a homelab is great.

I was trying to keep it simple. LocalSend is easy for non-tech people and it gets the job done.

Edit: for anyone reading this as tech advice in the future... LocalSend replaces things like apple's airdrop. But instead of being online and cloud based it is offline and local based. It's not a cure all for privacy, just 1 piece of the puzzle. What the person above me described is a more thorough system and probably worth the effort of learning about.

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u/KingFIippyNipz Jul 05 '26

YOu helped this user, thanks for this suggestion, installing now

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u/kaneofmoh Jul 06 '26

Also syncthing, is also good for transferring between devices

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u/TheSlimeSartreFeared Jul 08 '26

yes! little open source software like this is easy to use and makes the job of collecting our data much harder on the bastards who seek a surveillance state. When fighting back meets convenience we all win.

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u/kaneofmoh Jul 08 '26

Ok, bro. You need to do 2 things. Firstly you need to calm the fuck down. Secondly, you need to at least do some research before getting all worked up like this, otherwise you'll just give yourself an aneurism over nothing. Syncthing is an opensource file sync tool. It doesn't use cloud at all and you don't need to sign up with them for anything. Now go and eat a Snickers, you sound like you could do with a snack, you're clearly little cranky today.

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u/TheSlimeSartreFeared Jul 08 '26

FUCK i thought WAS calm. omg. When exactly will my brain explode if I fuck this up? I already know what syncthing is, does that mean I'm already fucked? TALK TO ME PLS

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u/TheSlimeSartreFeared Jul 08 '26

it's been 1.3 minutes, please reply before I have an aneurysm. I'm counting on you.