The Qubes OS Privacy Question

[unman]

I’m taking a break from my duties on behalf of the deep state, to
catch up on this thread.

No smoking Gun here

@capsizebacklog

I wouldn’t describe it as a smoking gun. I am not the one who has been building and hyping that up. I made one comment about that in another topic and unman became obsessed about it and has been pressing me about that even since repeatedly.
It probably was that post yes and I couldn’t find it because I was searching for loud minority instead of “vocal small number”.

It’s not really a smoking gun at all, is it? It’s like a musket from the
museum that hasn’t been fired in 500 years.

If you read the post, yes, it’s glib, but it states an unavoidable
truth. When people talk about the opinions of the “user base”, then
actually they are talking about not even Forum users, but the
vocal users in the Forum. That’s a very small number compared to the
estimated 60,000 user base. I’ve pointed this out on a number of
occasions and it’s always worth bearing in mind, whatever the subject.

Anyone who reads just two posts on from the quote that @renehoj
linked, finds:

@unman

Qubes does indeed provide privacy features, but also includes
Whonix integration for those for whom privacy is their core focus.

In my first post to this thread, I said:

@unman

Qubes has always provided tools that enhance a users ability to keep
data out of the public domain, should they wish to do so. Whonix claims
to deliver maximum anonymity and security, and is integrated in to
Qubes. The combination probably provides reasonable anonymity and
security.

It’s worth pointing out, yet again, that only about 15% of Qubes users
are Tor users - so a lesser number are Whonix users. (Based on the only
metric we have.) Does this mean the remainder do not care about
“privacy”? They may be using other methods to secure their private data.

I don’t find this to be unclear, and I don’t see anything there that
warrants the name calling, or spreading of FUD, that can be seen in this
thread.

It seems after all that most contributors to this thread agree that Qubes
provides both security and privacy, (if users want that), but there are
differences of opinion about provision of some services.

There is, of course, ongoing development of tools that can be used to
enhance anonymity, and privacy, both in and outwith Qubes core.
Contributions are welcome, in GitHub and not. In this regard, it’s
worth reading the docs on contributing.

Thanks

Thanks to any one who has said nice things about me. I make a tiny contribution to Qubes, and all the credit has to go to those who do the heavy lifting.

I shall now return to my main task of undermining Qubes, and bringing
about the birth of the New World Order,(and perhaps breaking formatting
of this post).

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the Forum I speak for myself.