One common misconception about security usually is that "more is always better"… Not only it's not true, but in reality, stronger protection usually comes at a cost, and that cost is often privacy.
Modern security solutions rely heavily on cloud intelligence, telemetry, behavioral monitoring, and even AI-driven analysis. This means that, in many cases, your system is constantly sharing data: files, metadata, browsing activity, and sometimes even unknown samples uploaded for analysis.
So...