Worrying about lack of privacy features qubes has outside of whonix, and how even on whonix any applications can detect that you are using qubes and xen, how the timezone which includes name of your capital city, name of qubes, components like the cpu model and keyboard layout can all be accessed by any application in any qube (even untrusted ones), how every disposable and appvm inherit same unique ID as template qube and also give access to any localy installed application to access and identify you repeatedly, I’m not knowledgeful how to access the internet in qubes without standing out as qubes only have 40,000 persons using which is smaller than even smallest linux distros while linux have 100 million users and also there not being any features to protect my privacy while standing out to at least not share unique id with any app or time zone or keyboard layout even in whonix qube as qubes rejects any effort to protect user privacy, even easy fixes: The interpretation of the Qubes FAQ section, “What about privacy in non-Whonix qubes?”, suggests a preemptive rejection of feature requests related to enhancing privacy within individual virtual machines (VMs), let alone from local code execution based fingerprinting (source: System Identity Camouflage and Virtual Machine Cloaking )
Whonix offers anonymity through tor but tor does not work in every country and anonymity is different from privacy, and still let apps know you are using qubes and xen, leak your time zone, capital city, keyboard layout and same unique id that makes disposable qubes useless for protections against not only malicious apps but real apps when it comes to seperating identities that is one of qubes main selling point of advertising to activists and journalists.
This is not hate on qubes as there are cases where it is perfect but post of dissapointment and also maybe hope as maybe there are ways to use apps without standing out? Installing telegram or any other apps will tell your app you are using qubes and xen that is huge issue for privacy as there are few people using qubes in the world. How are others using internet on qubes while not standing out? How are you using qubes as your daily driver and not just for specific uses?
To avoid merging by mod team I am aware of similar posts on telegram detecting qubes as all other apps can do but I think my post is different question because I am asking how people are using qubes despite this unfixable problem and also talking about other issues like time zone leaks and layout leaks as there is not even warning for any yet people will and do select timezone for their country despite this being accesable by any app not being mentioned even in documentations and not asking why or for fixes or talking about one app. I am asking if people have figured out ways to use apps and even web apps on qubes privately (not anonymously) despite these issues on OS and how they are making it.
but, you can also edit and alter any of these things to anything you like. This is why we use it in our work (security related) environment. Really, Qubes is unique in this and in my opinion a one of a kind tool. In fact, my qubes look like macbooks and i think its swell. Running antartica time like a boss.
Qubes OS could led beginners to a deception, these concepts must be clear, from Privacy Guides:
“Privacy
Privacy is the assurance that your data is only seen by the parties you intend to view it. In the context of an instant messenger, for example, end-to-end encryption provides privacy by keeping your message visible only to yourself and the recipient. Security
Security is the ability to trust the applications you use—that the parties involved are who they say they are—and keep those applications safe. In the context of browsing the web, for example, security can be provided by HTTPS certificates.
Certificates prove you are talking directly to the website you’re visiting, and keep attackers on your network from reading or modifying the data sent to or from the website. Anonymity
Anonymity is the ability to act without a persistent identifier. You might achieve this online with Tor, which allows you to browse the internet with a random IP address and network connection instead of your own. Pseudonymity is a similar concept, but it allows you to have a persistent identifier without it being tied to your real identity. If everybody knows you as @GamerGuy12 online, but nobody knows your real name, that is your pseudonym.” (Privacy Guides Org - Why Privacy Matters)