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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Is it possible to make windows 10 more Private? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by QuietStorm@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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i use windows because its the only os i know how to use. i want to get into things like torrenting because free stuff is cool but im afraid to. ive heard of tails os, a os that boots from a flash drive, is that worth checking out or should i stick with windows?

what is your advice? what should i do?

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[–] stifle867@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of helpful comments here and being your age is a great time to start tinkering with computers! Just start by installing them into a VirtualBox because if you don't have the knowledge it's very easy to break things and anyone else that has to use the computer isn't going to be very happy with you.

However, I want to point out something that actually address your concerns.

If you are concerned about getting "caught" for torrenting then Windows vs any other OS makes zero difference.
If you are concerned about viruses, Linux is more secure based on the fact that most viruses target Windows. However, this does not mean it is impossible. Learning basic security practices will help you on Windows and much as any other OS.