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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

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Post by halJordan »

hardwarephreak wrote: post #44
taway1237 wrote: post #14

Whonix is great. I use it all the time in my dayjob. I write a lot of scripts that have to interact with criminal (malware c&c, phishing website, etc) infrastructure, including APT analysis. You don't want to make an opsec fail and/or leak your IP in a situation like this. Instead of doing something fragile and error-prone, like being careful to use a proxy all the time in my code, having a VPN, etc, I just run every…

What if your Whonix has an APT installed now?

You just sit there as your buddy says, "Well i guess they deserve that win."

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by WolfeReader »

msla wrote: post #46
WolfeReader wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the first and most notable links on the page is labeled "Learn What Is Whonix?". You should read it.

It has a lot of promotional material and little meat. Also: > Learn What Is Whonix? I certainly hope the people behind this distribution have better English than that. I also hope they're better mannered than you are, and much better informed.

I know you were trying to be insulting in order to "win" our miniscule internet argument. However, since my post does not demonstrate bad manners or a lack of informed-ness, your comment doesn't land, and instead makes you look petty. Just letting you know!

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by BxGyw2 »

msla wrote: post #48
taway1237 wrote: post #14

Whonix is great. I use it all the time in my dayjob. I write a lot of scripts that have to interact with criminal (malware c&c, phishing website, etc) infrastructure, including APT analysis. You don't want to make an opsec fail and/or leak your IP in a situation like this. Instead of doing something fragile and error-prone, like being careful to use a proxy all the time in my code, having a VPN, etc, I just run every…

Hey, the brand new account has a glowing review! This is certainly not promotional!

Yeah I agree mate the brand new account should be accusing OP of advertising a software that is already well known and widespread

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by paravirtualized »

runeofdoom wrote: post #34
paravirtualized wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 gi…

> where the fact that you are connecting to a Tor node is extremely obvious

Yes, additionally, it has been concluded that it is impossible to hide the usage of Tor from the ISP, VPNs do not help. The usage of Tor is obvious.

> but don't want you to use a VPN

If you can't use Tor safely, it would be unlikely that you can use a VPN safely either.

> That may give you privacy, but it hardly seems like it makes you anonymous.

What makes you say that? There are millions of Tor users connected at any time, if you believe the number of users is an issue. I suggest you read more about Tor on their website - https://torproject.org

> 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?

No, I don't believe so granted that you live in a western democracy.

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by paravirtualized »

devit wrote: post #23
paravirtualized wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does anyone have any experience with this? Whonix (KVM) is like running Debian with XFCE, but no matter what you do, your real IP address will never leak, at any point.

Well, unless you absentmindedly type in your mail address, name or any other real credentials.

That's not an IP leak.

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by paravirtualized »

musicale wrote: post #22
coldblues wrote: post #9

The 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?

> "Unanimously?" By whom?

By anyone who has read and understood the technical design pages.[1][2][3]

[1]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Technical_Introduction

[2]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Threat_Model

[3]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Comparison_with_Others

Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

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Post by paravirtualized »

msla wrote: post #47
hollerith wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It provides more privacy and security than normal Debian.

How? They fail to say, and most of what they do is just promotional garbage.

> How? They fail to say, and most of what they do is just promotional garbage.

On the page that OP linked to, there's statements such as:

"The Everything Tor OS - All traffic is routed through the Tor anonymity network. No exceptions. Whonix is the "All Tor Operating System"."

"Cloaking your typing style - Your typing behavior can be used to identify you. Whonix prevents this with a cloak for your keystrokes."

"Live Mode - Whonix offers a much requested Live Mode. After the session all data will be gone."

So I don't get your point. Of course if you want to know how, in detail, you have to read the documentation.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Documentation

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