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Segregating web and app activities with multiple PCs

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] April 30, 2026
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I don’t see any privacy benefits in separating the “web browsing machine” from the “rest of the work machine“. You could get a security benefit with such a setup, but that depends on it’s implementation. If you want to separate work life from private life, separate computers are a must, but it doesn’t really matter how you do it. I’d prefer separate hardware and a KVM switch, if I had space constraints. If I had provide my own hardware for work, I’d consider putting my work computer inside a VM on my private computer, but that depends on the hardware requirements of my work applications (like a GPU). Maybe I don’t understand the goal very well. I have a private life / work separation on my phone too, using shelter. So I can install the view apps my employer encourages to have separated from my private life. I could get a separate phone for work, but then I had two phones to carry and charge and things like using a Bluetooth headset would get more complicated.

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