I get that but we're talking about avoiding big tech and chromium is developed by Google. It's not so much about the danger, just the avoidance right?

Ehh, they'd be in prison for a very long time. Wouldn't be worth it in my eyes. You can learn basic hacking online and make decent money scamming people while operating in a sort of legal grey area.

- Firefox for browsing. Not Brave like a lot of people suggest, it's a Chrome derivative. - Install ublock origin, HTTPS everywhere, and privacy badger on browser. - System76 sells their own machines with pop_os linux installed and coreboot. - Return to the age of piracy. - Also, Signal isn't that great unless the people you are texting are also using Signal. I had a hard time trying to convince my friends to care about their privacy.