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Hey there, Just wondering is Linux on an Android device (through UserLAnd or else) is as secure as Linux as the main OS.

Edit...Should say private not secure

Tanx much

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[–] CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn'tt write my question properly...what I meant to say was privacy and not security

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

Still a bit open ended. Web browser finger printing is probably going to be quite specific, unless you have a browser that avoids fingerprinting.

There is a trust issue, you need to trust the userland packagers to not build in any additional tracking, but its pretty unlikely that they'll do that given its a tiny project.

Privacy is also multifaceted, and its never going to be as simple as "use this distro". The techniques for online tracking are changing and evolving all the time.