Re: [qubes-users] Does anyone trust this for meaningful anonymity?
John Smiley: > I only ask because my, admittedly limited, exposure left me with no > confidence at all that it would protect me. I was hitting software and doc > bugs left and right. They haven’t gotten basics down yet, so no way I can > trust. Fun toy though. It's important to understand that the security benefits of Qubes OS are orthogonal to traditional security measures; meaningful compartmentalization (unavailable in all other mainstream OS's w/ monolithic kernel) adds an added dimension of security to whatever existing measures you choose. Qubes-whonix, though labeled "experimental" by its developers, AFAIK provides the strongest low-latency anonymity available. You could run whonix in whatever OS you currently use, but then with all of the disadvantages of a monolithic-kernel OS, namely exposure to any buggy or malicious application or system component that could allow an attacker to compromise the whole system, along with your anonymity. Qubes development is due to the (over)work of a very small paid development team along with a supportive and responsive user/contributor community. If you find any features or documentation lacking, it is up to you to participate in some way and improve the project. As your experience and resources allow, please consider contributing documentation, code, questions/answers on the mailing lists, or cash to the qubes project. > Fun toy though. Or instead, you could try to magically improve the project through sarcasm on the qubes-users mailing list. -m0ssy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d46922eb-87ff-7716-bdfd-58bb39831011%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] Does anyone trust this for meaningful anonymity?
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 08:21:42PM -0800, John Smiley wrote: > I only ask because my, admittedly limited, exposure left me with no > confidence at all that it would protect me. I was hitting software and doc > bugs left and right. They haven’t gotten basics down yet, so no way I can > trust. Fun toy though. > Yes, they do. Remember though that anonymity is not the *main* aim of Qubes, which is to provide secure compartmentalization. If you want anonymity then there are a number of approaches you can take - using Whonix templates is one of them. >From what I've seen you have tried the testing release of 4.0.1. The purpose in testing is to identify software bugs, so you are doing a good job. Keep reporting them - remember to check if it's covered on the mailing list or in another issue before raising a new issue. The docs are a collaborative effort, and you are effectively testing them too. If you find doc bugs, then you can fix them yourself quite easily, and make things better for everyone. cheers unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20181214101430.oith3xrkfyy3lfhr%40thirdeyesecurity.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[qubes-users] Does anyone trust this for meaningful anonymity?
I only ask because my, admittedly limited, exposure left me with no confidence at all that it would protect me. I was hitting software and doc bugs left and right. They haven’t gotten basics down yet, so no way I can trust. Fun toy though. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/320e3d50-59e0-422d-973e-102305d32223%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
