Subj : Re: Computer operating system of choice?
To   : boraxman
From : Arelor
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 04:35:35

  Re: Re: Computer operating system of choice?
  By: boraxman to Arelor on Tue Feb 08 2022 03:05 pm

 > Cool.  My concern is more tracking, "Big Tech", being locked to platforms an
 > solutions (Apple/Android duopoly on phones).  Security is important but I'm
 > more focused on my footprint, traceability etc.  Not much point having your 
 > secured up the wazoo, if those political discussions you have on FidoNet bec
 > web-searchable with your real name.

My first contact with Qubes was precisely because I was looking for a
convenient way of keeping identities separate.

Say you have a darknet identity for talking about My Little Pony, a darknet
identity for talking about software development, and a darknet identity for
downloading warez non-stop. The secure way of managing them in a "standard"
environment would be to boot a Live DVD each time you wanted to use a given
identity, and reboot everytime you wanted to switch identity (because you need
to rebuild your darknet circuits, and you don't want to use a darknet circuit
you have been using as PinkPony for doing something you want to do as
WarezDownloader2000).

Qubes makes it more convenient because you can keep every identity confined to
its own virtual environment and you don't need to be rebooting and reloading
circuits every time you want to switch identities. Or that is the theory.

In the end of the day I didn't do much with Qubes because the hardware
requisites are beyond what I can muster right now.

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