[mothered]

I have various Linux distros running on my VM.

In terms of my main form of usability, Windows 10.

O man Windows 10 has backdoors mate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28s...program%29

https://www.fastcompany.com/2682825/lava...-heres-why


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicat...cement_Act


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

https://protonvpn.com/blog/5-eyes-global-surveillance/


I Reccomend a Linux only system for maximum security.

I'm well aware of It's privacy (telemetry) Issues and security concerns, hence I use Windows 10 for general navigation/usability. I've been using Windows for almost 30 years, since back In the days of the 16-bit Windows 3.1 (early 90s).

My dedicated anonymity lab on the Linux platform that's segregated from the main network, Is a very complex setup- heavily configured In all facets of privacy, anti-fingerprinting, anonymity and (lack of) uniqueness.

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I have various Linux distros running on my VM.

In terms of my main form of usability, Windows 10.

O man Windows 10 has backdoors mate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28s...program%29

https://www.fastcompany.com/2682825/lava...-heres-why


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicat...cement_Act


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

https://protonvpn.com/blog/5-eyes-global-surveillance/


I Reccomend a Linux only system for maximum security.

I'm well aware of It's privacy (telemetry) Issues and security concerns, hence I use Windows 10 for general navigation/usability. I've been using Windows for almost 30 years, since back In the days of the 16-bit Windows 3.1 (early 90s).

My dedicated anonymity lab on the Linux platform that's segregated from the main network, Is a very complex setup- heavily configured In all facets of privacy, anti-fingerprinting, anonymity and (lack of) uniqueness.

I would enjoy a guide about the anti-fingerprinting aspect.

[mothered]

O man Windows 10 has backdoors mate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28s...program%29

https://www.fastcompany.com/2682825/lava...-heres-why


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicat...cement_Act


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

https://protonvpn.com/blog/5-eyes-global-surveillance/


I Reccomend a Linux only system for maximum security.

I'm well aware of It's privacy (telemetry) Issues and security concerns, hence I use Windows 10 for general navigation/usability. I've been using Windows for almost 30 years, since back In the days of the 16-bit Windows 3.1 (early 90s).

My dedicated anonymity lab on the Linux platform that's segregated from the main network, Is a very complex setup- heavily configured In all facets of privacy, anti-fingerprinting, anonymity and (lack of) uniqueness.

I would enjoy a guide about the anti-fingerprinting aspect.

It's way beyond the scope of this post to document everything there Is to know about fingerprinting.

In short and only the one example, machine fingerprinting Is when Information Is collected about a given device, and the details are then sent to the web server. The server then tracks your online activity based on your device- CPU, GPU, HDD/SSD, network card etc.

On their own, they hold very little value but collectively, all hardware components form a profile that's unique to "you", based on their GUIDs. An analogy, Is trying to formulate an Identity on one's family name, given name OR date of birth. Each commodity means very little on It's own. Combine the lot, and you can build a profile from the ground up within 30 minutes.

Back to fingerprinting, because It's stored on the server ( server-side), disabling cookies or applying "do not track" on the browser, will have no effect whatsoever.

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I'm well aware of It's privacy (telemetry) Issues and security concerns, hence I use Windows 10 for general navigation/usability. I've been using Windows for almost 30 years, since back In the days of the 16-bit Windows 3.1 (early 90s).

My dedicated anonymity lab on the Linux platform that's segregated from the main network, Is a very complex setup- heavily configured In all facets of privacy, anti-fingerprinting, anonymity and (lack of) uniqueness.

I would enjoy a guide about the anti-fingerprinting aspect.

It's way beyond the scope of this post to document everything there Is to know about fingerprinting.

In short and only the one example, machine fingerprinting Is when Information Is collected about a given device, and the details are then sent to the web server. The server then tracks your online activity based on your device- CPU, GPU, HDD/SSD, network card etc.

On their own, they hold very little value but collectively, all hardware components form a profile that's unique to "you", based on their GUIDs. An analogy, Is trying to formulate an Identity on one's family name, given name OR date of birth. Each commodity means very little on It's own. Combine the lot, and you can build a profile from the ground up within 30 minutes.

Back to fingerprinting, because It's stored on the server ( server-side), disabling cookies or applying "do not track" on the browser, will have no effect whatsoever.

my main goal is to make my OS look like another.

For Example I use Trisquel OS which is based upon Ubuntu, but I'd rather disguise myself as looking like Linux Mint, or Mac OS.

[mothered]

my main goal is to make my OS look like another.
For Example I use Trisquel OS which is based upon Ubuntu, but I'd rather disguise myself as looking like Linux Mint, or Mac OS.

Correct, that's why I've changed the "user agent string" on every browser, to an OS that's obviously different to what I'm using.

However, do note that you need to be part of the "majority", and not "minority". For Instance, It serves very little purpose If you select an OS that's only used (for example) by 500 users globally. It's a lot easier to track & Identify 1 In 500  than  1 In 10 million.

[Dismas]

Windows 10 and Debian.

Pretty much the same still.

[a636]

windows 10 with Manjaro Linux
Note : I will switch to Arch linux after getting faster internet connection

[anonref]

On my desktop: Windows 10 Home Edition
On my laptop: macOS High Sierra

[aus2910]

Laptop: Windows 10 Enterprise Edition
On VMWare : Kali Linux

[mothered]

Laptop: Windows 10  Enterprise Edition

Same here on my main laptop.

The good thing about the Enterprise edition, Inclusive of Pro & Education, Is support for the Group Policy Editor, BitLocker encryption and (with supported hardware) Hyper-V. The latter Is a native VM which Is very easy to setup and configure.