Open Hardware Association (OSHWA) has nothing to do with the context you put it in. Open Hardware has more to do with using hardware that is outside of X86/X64 than anything else. Yes they have a board, take donations, etc. But if you go to the site there is basically no hardware listed. The most prominent piece of open source hardware is the Arduino Controller. The Controller is just that, a controller for robotics, 3D printing, etc. The movement for open source hardware has basically nothing to do with a desktop PC, other than an extension to it.

Now, don't confuse OSHWA with the OpenPower Foundation which wants to topple specific markets starting with servers, with the IBM Power 8 and up processors. That will be similar to what you said about open source hardware/code, accept it wont be on your desktop anytime soon. A base Power 8 system is 10 grand just for a single cou tower. A well populated one is 6 figures. If you think that will be more private, think again. It will be controlled by the same big names that control things now. They are not dumping that much money in it, to get nothing out of it.

As far as data mining goes, your Linux system is being data mined and if you say it isn't you are full of crap. You don't need a back door to data mine. Many sites require cookies or you cant even look at the page. Any php/perl/whatever server knows what you run os wise, basic computer specs like dsiplay resolution, browser used, your location to within a few feet, everything you asked that server, and where you came from to get there. Your isp knows everything about you, what your computer requested/recieved on that connection, and sells that information to whoever wants to buy it for the most part. All of that info can be linked back to your internet connection, your name, etc. Even if you never even went to a site that bought the info, they know what you normally do on the internet by your isp identifier. You may have an ip address that changes, but your isp identifiers and user id never changes on there end. Linux can't get around that either.

I wont even get into what the NSA does, we have all read about that.

You have been Data Mined whether you like it or not, and Debian can't change that and never could.

I don't think you understand how data mining actually works beyond the hype you read on a forum. No offense meant, but you don't.

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