I use both Windows and Linux. Linux is not some wonderful OS where everything just works. It's got plenty of its own problems and annoyances.

Okay, it doesn't spy on you out of the box, but if you can install Linux you can use Rufus and a few simple tools to disable all that crap on Windows too. With WSL you can run a lot of Linux stuff too.

Pick you poison.

Revenge porn too. Pornhub has already been in trouble for that, the result of which was deleting all user uploaded material and starting over.

It's not binary. The bigger the site the more responsibility. Sites that carry particularly risky material like porn have additional requirements, from the basic age checks in performers upwards.

Try holding the power button down. You should get a menu, if not you can probably change it to the menu in the shortcut key settings.

One option is "lockdown" on most devices.

Did you let the countdown hit zero? Try setting it to record an emergency video. Once it starts it usually asks for your password to stop the recording. Otherwise it must be a OnePlus thing.

I guess it's different in the US where the cops immediately point a gun at you. So again, it depends on your threat model.

Wrong. It is not the cause of Global Warming, and it is not caused by Global Warming. So far you would be right. But it is a problem whose consequences get worse due to Global Warming. So yes, it has to do with Global Warming.

Japan has a long history of taking issue with VTOL aircraft, specifically US military ones stationed at bases in the country. There have been some accidents and the public isn't fond of them.

Flying cars will never happen unless someone invents anti-gravity, because of the noise. And again, noise from US air bases and VTOL aircraft in particular is a long standing issue over there.

The enemy pilot will have to get on the radio and talk it to death.

The problem with that reasoning is that it would seem China needs to ban Apple products, Microsoft products including Bing, American movies... But they don't, they just require that anyone doing business there sticks to their laws, which is what most countries do.

The real reason why the US wants to force the sale of TikTok is because it is politically quite left leaning. Lots of stuff about unions and worker's rights, how unfair the real-estate/rental market is, socialism and other left leaning politics... They think it is "radicalizing" young people with what are actually pretty mainstem ideas and views in Europe, but which are to the left of both the major parties in the US.

If a sale is forced to a US company, expect them to screw with the recommendation algo to make it more conservative.

It depends on your threat model.

For most people, a fingerprint is a decent way to unlock their phone. It's fast and good enough for banks to trust it with payments. It can easily be disabled in an emergency situation (press the power button 5 times rapidly). Thieves aren't equipped to lift your print and unlock your device, and will just sell it on or break it down for parts.

For fingerprint unlock to be an issue you would have to consider a threat actor who can get your device before you have a chance to disable it, and then force you to unlock it before the biometrics time out and it defaults to needing your password (Pixel devices do that, not sure about others).

PROTIP for Android users, and I think iPhones have something similar.

Press the power button 5 times rapidly to enable "emergency mode" or whatever they call it. Biometric unlock will be disabled and you will have to enter your password/PIN to access the device again.

You can configure what else it does. I think the default is to call the emergency services, so you might want to disable that. You can have it record video and text people too.

More interesting than the benchmark is the conclusion that Framework's Windows support is poor. If you are thinking of buying one to run Windows, it might be a good idea to wait for them to improve the drivers and firmware.

In most tests there is no advantage for either Linux or Windows when compared on well supported hardware. Which is hardly surprising, since performance depends 99% on the hardware and by extension drivers, and 1% on the OS scheduler and file handling performance. Unless you are looking at some edge case that one happens to be optimized for, there should be no real difference.