What is stopping you from using QubesOS?

[fsflover]

@qqubes

I am assuming that Tails is more secure

Qubes VS Tails

Hi everybody ! My pcs (ubuntu), my smartphones (android) and even my internet boxes have been hacked for monthes by perverse and skilled hackers who could spy me through microphones and webcams, steal some texts I’ve wrote, spy my web activities despite of my VPN (Nordvpn), ‘play’ with my internet boxes as well as the screensavers and the fans of my pcs, etc. I’m pretty sure it’s still the case despite of the re-installation of Ubuntu on one machine and Qubes on the other. Once …

@qqubes

IMHO that’s the issue right there: “reasonably” is not good enough.

This is a pun and also a reminder that you can’t make a perfectly secure OS.

@fsflover

“Reasonably secure” is a perfect phrase which means a different thing for everyone; and Qubes actually allows to adjust its configuration accordingly!

See also: QubesOS vs OpenBSD Security.

@qqubes

In my non-expert opinion sys-net seems to be the main issue with Qubes security

@adw

QSB-081 (perhaps in conjunction with other recent events) has prompted the devs to reconsider the way qubes like sys-net and sys-usb are handled.