Re: [qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-06 Thread Zrubi
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2/6/19 5:12 PM, kitchm via Forum wrote: > Do we agree, Andrew, that if a person is concerned with anonymity > and privacy, he would not use social media? wrong. 1. Anonymity and privacy are different things. 2. "person" is not meaningful in

[qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-06 Thread kitchm via Forum
Do we agree, Andrew, that if a person is concerned with anonymity and privacy, he would not use social media? -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-05 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 05/02/2019 6.03 PM, unman wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 12:21:53PM -0500, kitchm via Forum wrote: >> Andrew, thanks for that. Much appreciated. >> >> unman, this has nothing whatsoever to do with google groups, >> and of course should not.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-05 Thread unman
On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 12:21:53PM -0500, kitchm via Forum wrote: > Andrew, thanks for that. Much appreciated. > > unman, this has nothing whatsoever to do with google groups, > and of course should not. Computer users know that to find > out about a canary, one always goes to the web site. If

[qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-05 Thread kitchm via Forum
Andrew, thanks for that. Much appreciated. unman, this has nothing whatsoever to do with google groups, and of course should not. Computer users know that to find out about a canary, one always goes to the web site. If you had bothered to learn about how these things work it would have helped

[qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-02 Thread byebyebach
This is of more than theoretical significance. The FBI paid a developer to attemt to install back doors in OpenBSD, supposedly "the most secure OS". After ten years, his NDA expired, and he went to Theo, who, to his credit, promptly disclosed the matter. The commits submit by those who were

Re: [qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-02 Thread 19hundreds
Feb 1, 2019, 9:14 PM by kit...@tutanota.com: > > so it does appear that we can breathe a sigh of relief. > > At least for a little while.?.? :? > > I hope that helps a little. > thanks so much for this well done explanation I will add it to RISKS -- You received this message because you are

[qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-01 Thread jrg . desktop
I have no idea what this post means. Can you explain it in more detail for those of us less knowlegeable? -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-01 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/02/2019 3.14 PM, kitchm wrote: > No worries. > > For those who don't know what it means, a "canary" comes > from the phrase "canary in a coal mine". In olden times, a > live canary, or other small bird, was taken down into the > coal mine

[qubes-users] Re: SECURITY ALERT

2019-02-01 Thread kitchm
No worries. For those who don't know what it means, a "canary" comes from the phrase "canary in a coal mine". In olden times, a live canary, or other small bird, was taken down into the coal mine with the miners. If the bird fell over dead, they knew that there was too much carbon monoxide gas