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Advice for a technophobic programmer
| Welcome to /tech/ were all like you, so pull up your favorite Linux distro, delete your social media accounts and we'll all cry because we're the problem
| Program a botnet that will destroy Google.
| I feel the same way. I sure have dug a deep hole for myself by first learning about technology, then realizing what absolute hell it has brought upon humanity. Gone are the days when computers were simple computation and input/output machines. I really don't know what to do either. I mainly despise the fact that I have to work with proprietary lock-in software and hardware.
| This thread makes me happy
| Use linux, friend! It will help you hide your online presence and disguise your life as cute intellectual trap that will find the next big religion!
| >>293546
Been a GNU/Linux user for years now (exclusively as sole OS for a year). I love it dearly. But it amplifies the problem when you have to deal with social situations such as friends and especially jobs. You can hide it ofcourse. But I hate every day I have to sit infront of my work PC running disgustingly proprietary Windows (I fucking despise it). But at the end of the day I'd rather be enlightened than yet another unaware drone. This applies to most other technologies.
| Linux, Tor, DuckDuckGo, no social media, infiltrate and collapse Google. Ez 5-step program.
| I want to try Linux, but my dad got me a Dell laptop that was custom built to run Windows 10. I'm not going to change the OS on this thing, but I do want a portable and hackable Linux laptop once I get enough money to be able to afford it. That, and a desktop that can run my games.
I've got all of the options in privacy set off and I've removed a lot of built-in programs. Also, I browse with DuckDuckGo on FireFox and have no Microsoft or Google accounts to speak of.
| I've made my Android smartphone have the near functionality of a basic flip phone by deleting all apps that could be deleted and putting its battery saver on "Maximum".
I only make accounts using my main email if I absolutely have to (e.g. banking and gaming), but other than that, I have very few and what I do have, I store all relevant information in my LastPass account (I don't have the add-on running on FireFox, which isn't in sync).
| Oh, and I play all of my games (Steam and League of Legends on my current laptop, which is running Windows 10 OS). I have other programs installed, but one is just a text editor (Atom), the other is a Malware scanner I got for free from my college, and finally, FireFox (I don't use Edge). Oh, and my email is provided from tutanota.
Based on all this information, how secure would you say I am, g/u/rls?
| Oh, I'm OP.
| Ah, finally, my Wi-Fi connection is password protected, though there should be more characters.
| I'm still fairly normie-ish when it comes to tech, but I'm trying to get a handle on my life and privacy as best I can with the tools I currently have at my disposal.
| >>293848
>but I do want a portable and hackable Linux laptop once I get enough money
ThinkPads. More specifically, used ones from 2012 or older (X220, T420) are excellent (speaking from experience). You can probably get ones in good condition for 200 or less. They look beautiful and are built very well. On older ones you can even flash Free BIOSes.
| >>0275d3 That sounds like a good deal. I don't really care for playing my games on it. I'd rather be making games and other programs on it. The desktop computer back at home is for game playing.
| My current laptop is pretty strong. Can handle a lot of different games.
| Use only FOSS and encrypt your personal information from end-to end. Never ever give yours or others personal, private data weak- or unencrypted to a 3rd party. Always look for free (as in freedom) solutions, advertise it and help the people next to you to get out of the matrix. Smart people will understand it, and you get rid of dumb people.
| By the way a nice way to avoid any of those staffs just use fake account fake everything.I had great fun with fake accounts.And if you are not into games and social media you can still find your place in any linux distribution as they will provide you with anonymity(in some extend),safety ,and a huge variety of tools for programming/hacking/designing.
Although there are a lot of programs and ways to hide your identity out there.
| >>294703
Actually I play games under linux. And isn't email and my own WordPress blog "social media" too?
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| All I've learned in college has had to do with computers, but now I'm starting to fear having an "online presence". I don't want my personal life to be recorded and stored on a publicly accessible platform. I don't want to go to the future. But my skills all exist to make that future a reality. I'm too deep, and learning anything else will take a lifetime. Any tips?