Hi all, today when a user need to have some degree of protection for his network connectivity, for his browser experience, for his data stored and in the end for his "endpoint safety & integrity" (his computer) there are few options: - Tor Browser Bundle (an App) - Tails (an operating system replacement) - Whoonix (a virtual machine)
>From a security, technical and usability perspective we acknowledge how those approach are different each other. I don't see a usable solutions that provide various advantages of Tails with the VM approach of Whoonix while behaving with the same usability of TBB (being an App). To make it short: - Tor Browser Bundle is usable, the user does not need to change it's "operating environment" - Tails it's a pain to install and to use, force the user to change it's "operating environment" and use it in an exclusive way - Whoonix it's less a pain to install than Tails, force the user to change it's "operating environment" but it can be used in parallel to the existing "operating environment" (Windows, MacOS X) Now, i see that there is something missing among all that various technologies that can be: * Deployed as a self-contained app (like TBB) * Works in parallel with the existing operating environment of the end-user (Like Whoonix) * Provide the safety of operating in a Virtual Machine (like Whoonix) * Be integrate within the user operating environment (like VMWare integration with Windows App) The only similar approach i found is this "BitBox" made by the German company Sirrix, used by the German Government, that's basically a sort of "Whoonix" but usable like-an-app from the end-user perspective: http://www.sirrix.com/content/pages/BitBox_en.htm It would be a very interesting and challenging project to see Tails or Whoonix or TBB to evolve in that direction, opening up tons of new users. -- Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights http://logioshermes.org - https://globaleaks.org - https://tor2web.org - https://ahmia.fi -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
