Is it me or the install process to USB is absurdly complex?
Use Qubes OS (which includes Whonix), it's very straightforward to install.
Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
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Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#62Is it legal to use the matrix screnshots?
Depends on the local laws. I believe in the United States, it would fall under "Fair Use".
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#63Whonix + Qubes is a treasure
How do you run both? Or is this one as a VM within the other?
Install Qubes and it will give you an easy option to install Whonix. Out of the box Qubes supports Debian, Fedora, and Whonix very well. If the Qubes installer works on your hardware, the setup is a breeze. Qubes does have a bit of a learning curve, but largely non-technical (separating activities out into different VMs, and installing software onto a template instead of directly in the VM)
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#64Whonix 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?
Whonix is also included in Qubes OS, so good luck establishing persistence given that it's a disposable template.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#65Whonix 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.
> Whonix 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.
It's a matter of convenience.
Your setup is far more complicated for a non-technical activist or journalist Vs. Tails.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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
Those citations appear to be from a single source: the project's own web site.
They might be accurate, but they are not impartial evidence for unanimity or even broad consensus.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#67The 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.
Does not work on M1/M2 macs or arm architecture
Guess they weren't part of the anonymous, unanimous considerers.
Re: Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security
#68The 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.
lol unanimously by who? You?
I said "whom" but I do have the same question.