@gamingonlinux
Similar surveillance technologies may already soon become mandatory actually, if the #ChatControl legislation is passed in the EU.
#StopScanningMe
There is also an official question by member of the European Parliament @echo_pbreyer about how game developers would be affected by ChatControl (answer still pending): https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2024-001337_EN.html
I fully share your recommendation to use Linux instead of Windows. But ChatControl and #ClientSideScanning are a danger for all software users.