Yeah but chromebook data is not stored on the hard drive but on cloud and I would have thought a personal cloud account which is not free, would be secure from Google snooping. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/data-security-google-cloud
VIII. SUMMARY We investigate what data iOS on an iPhone shares with Apple and what data Google Android on a Pixel phone shares with Google. We find that even when minimally configured and the handset is idle both iOS and Google Android share data with Apple/Google on average every 4.5 mins. The phone IMEI, hardware serial number, SIM serial number and IMSI, handset phone number etc are shared with Apple and Google. Both iOS and Google Android transmit telemetry, despite the user explicitly opting out of this. When a SIM is inserted both iOS and Google Android send details to Apple/Google. iOS sends the MAC addresses of nearby devices, e.g. other handsets and the home gateway, to Apple together with their GPS location. Currently there are few, if any, realistic options for preventing this data sharing.
Ok, that's mobile phone security and I agree that mobiles imo are distributors of information. But trading computers/laptops and in particular google cloud storage / chrome & android operating systems, I think google cloud is safer than trusting Microsoft with data on your hard drive. Emails, that's a different kettle of fish again, I don't trust any emails for sharing confidential data.
thanks. I am looking at 7760, seems like a bargain. https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/del...spd/precision-17-7760-laptop/xctop776017us_vp