[wieghant]

Yet we are as of right now where even our OS will go behind our back and act like malware to collect data even when we explicitly say no.

The native apps are also all trending to online first and cache offline.

I don't understand how a native app going behind your back and asking only for internet connection permission (and not hardware) is viewed as more secure. Why do we trust these native apps more?

Arbitrary psychopathic outsiders have already been here for quite a while. Even if you're running super paranoid homebrew linux distro.