Was this synthetic video and the post even reviewed by a human in the first place, other than being uploaded and pasted after a generative model has finished its work?
I can tell that about my side, I don’t know about the original redditor. Though I’m not a security or privacy expert, a reason, why I reposted it here.
Also I stumbled about this post already 3 months ago and haven’t seen anyone yet talking much about this.
Qubes OS was designed for security in mind, not privacy. For privacy the integration with Whonix is what matters.
I think that’s a very great point!
The why does my
link/etheraddress differ from mypermaddrin sys-net?
Can you explain?
This seems more about complaints that Tor traffic isn’t masked properly, rather than about anonymity. How can a service, that I’d use/visit through Whonix Workstation in Qubes OS prove, that it was me, if no personal information (or other identifiers) has been provided?
Yes, I wouldn’t give that hold against QubesOS too. About your question: It probably depends on your threat model, the service will not know, but maybe you are a journalist in an dictatorship with advanced surveillance capabilities. For 90% of people it is probably still safe, still we’re lacking an anonymity network right now capable defending against such attacks. Maybe Datura will fix it?
This is true in general, even if considering someone, who cares about keeping the information safe from prying eyes, but not about anonymity.
There is actually a fix to this the author probably doesn’t know about: @linuxuser1 's 🛡 Qubes OS live mode. dom0 in RAM. Non-persistent Boot. RAM-Wipe. Protection against forensics. Tails mode. Hardening dom0. Root read‑only. Paranoid Security. Ephemeral Encryption. But it isn’t preinstalled by default. Maybe it would be worth it?
I use it everyday and like it.
Does this section try to suggest, that a service, that I’d use/visit through Whonix Workstation in Qubes OS, would notify the authorities that at a given time someone used it in such a way, so that all Tor users would be subjected to forensic examination?
I don’t read this out of this.
This once again shows no understanding that Qubes OS was designed for security in mind, not privacy.
Again, totally agree!
What if I mute my speaker? […]
I have no idea!
I recommend learning more about Signal’s purpose and why it’s internally named “org.thoughtcrime.securesms”.
Thanks for the recommendation!