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Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
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Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#32The website is fine. Please don't detract from the topic. Whonix is unanimously considered the best Linux distribution in terms of privacy and security. You can also run it in Qubes OS. It's intended to run on Virtualbox for now. One VM is for network access, while the other one is connected to the previous VM for said network access, and it's the one you should use. This is to prevent any de-anonymization attacks.
> Whonix is unanimously considered the best Linux distribution in terms of privacy and security "Unanimously?" By whom?
By the ones doing the considering. We get together every spring in Lucern to revise the Book of Considerations.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#33The website is quite dreadful, excessively verbose in some places and totally lacking in others. It took me quite a few clicks just to learn that this is effectively virtual machines with Tor but still didn't find much at-a-glance information on what the user experience is actually like. Does anyone have any experience with this?
> It took me quite a few clicks just to learn that this is effectively virtual machines with Tor
Click "What Is Whonix?", scroll down, "Whonix ™ consists of two VMs: the Whonix-Gateway ™ and the Whonix-Workstation ™. The former runs Tor processes and acts as a gateway, while the latter runs user applications on a completely isolated network."
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#34Web site looks like it's trying to sell me some shitty VPN software I don't need.
Quite the opposite, they're quite adamant about only using free (as in freedom) and in this case, beer, software. And denounce the usage of VPNs at every opportunity. ;)
So they really want you to use Tor - where the fact that you are connecting to a Tor node is extremely obvious, and flags you as a being part of the fractional percentage of internet users who do so - but don't want you to use a VPN, the use of which, while still not exactly baseline, is increasingly common? That may give you privacy, but it hardly seems like it makes you anonymous. Rather, wouldn't that send up a giant beacon for anyone at your ISP who cares to look at connections they (or the authorities) might want to pay more attention to?
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#35The website is quite dreadful, excessively verbose in some places and totally lacking in others. It took me quite a few clicks just to learn that this is effectively virtual machines with Tor but still didn't find much at-a-glance information on what the user experience is actually like. Does anyone have any experience with this?
OP here. I agree with you. Web design doesn't seem to be the strength of the Whonix team.. and got worse over time. Basically, you download a Virtualbox image, import it and then have a hardened Debian VM with Xfce UI & some privacy-friendly apps like Tor browser & a crypto wallet. The internet is slow (because of Tor) & tcp-only, but sufficient for most things. Virtualbox guest extensions are included and most thing…
> See DOS.
> See DOS run.
> Run_DOS_Run!
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#36So it's a Debian-based Linux distro with some configuration work done.
I wish they'd simply summarize what it is.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#37So it's a Debian-based Linux distro with some configuration work done. I wish they'd simply summarize what it is.
One of the first and most notable links on the page is labeled "Learn What Is Whonix?". You should read it.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#38So it's a Debian-based Linux distro with some configuration work done. I wish they'd simply summarize what it is.
It provides more privacy and security than normal Debian.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#39Is it legal to use the matrix screnshots?
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#40Whonix when used via Qubes DispVMs is more effective than Tails in my opinion (better protection against IP leaking), unless your goal is mainly the amnesic aspect.
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