nachosgalore

Spot on. Chrome is not the standard by which all others are judged. Like some others here, I've used Firefox since it existed, even when it was Phoenix and Firebird. The only other browser I will use besides FF-based browsers is Uzbl. Firefox allows me to lock down and customise my browser in ways Chrome does not. Let's not even go into the privacy nightmare that is Chrome.

At the rate surveillance is encroaching upon us, how long before we start receiving visits from Grammaton Clerics? Or precog women in bathtubs are reading our thoughts?

The issue with Windows is the telemetry. You simply cannot disable it. Yes, you can waste time ticking everything off, but with the next update, it's back again. No, thank you.

I want to use an operating system that respects my privacy. For me, this is OpenBSD, FreeBSD, or Fedora/Debian Linux.

I use Windows at work, too, and am horrified daily by how utterly difficult it is to use compared to Linux or FreeBSD.

I'm envisioning servers running anonymous services that one could connect to ala proxy for mobile devices that anonymize traffic, strip out all ads, beacons, traffic, allow choice of region to appear from, etc. No logs.

Desktop service would allow a secure connection to an anonymous, secure desktop of your choice (Gnome, KDE, LXDE, Window Maker, Openbox, etc.) anonymize traffic, offer an ad/beacon/traffic-free stream, and again, no logs.