Linux distros log a TON about what you’re doing by default.
Tonnes of software uses systemd-journald to log errors, the bash shell saves everything you type into the terminal, and wtmp, btmp, utmp all track exactly who is logged in and when, and the kernel uses dmesg to log a bunch of stuff.
While the system isn’t sending these logs to Microsoft or Google, anyone who gets into your system like police or hackers can see almost everything that you have been doing.
If you want to be private, you must disable them.
Thanks for including resources on how to do all of that. /s
I would personally not recommend disabling all these things, and would recommend full disk encryption if you are worried about such things. Luks, vericrypt, probably others idk.
I don’t know enough about Linux to even start messing with the system. 🙂
No problem then! And more reason to not go about Dias’s long stuff, the logs are very helpful for finding out why what you thought should be happening, isn’t!
If uou were also worried about someone seizing your drives and thus getting your logs, then disk encryption, though like with all privacy and security minded stuff there is a convenience tradeoff. Also, if you lose the pass phrase, well… everything on the disk is gone.
https://linuxvox.com/blog/linux-luks-encryption/
Looks to be an ok guide to luks, if you wanted.
I’ve encrypted my external hard drives but I’ll have a look at the link. Much appreciated.