I guess it depends on the method of surveillance. If your data is being collected by any 3rd party then you might as well assume that any vague yet menacing government agency can access it since it&#x27;s just a subpoena away. So all the tracking and analytics that MS&#x2F;Apple&#x2F;Google&#x2F;Damn near every tech company put on their services is really the problem.<p>The only method of securing your data is to make sure it never leaves your computer without your consent and using Linux is one of many possible things you can do to ensure that. Sure, if you&#x27;re running Skype, Chrome, Steam, etc. on your Linux laptop then the benefit is pretty marginal but still technically better than if it was on Windows.