Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security

Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by coldblues on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:01PM (#37511597)

The website is fine. Please don't detract from the topic. Whonix is unanimously considered the best Linux distribution in terms of privacy and security. You can also run it in Qubes OS. It's intended to run on Virtualbox for now. One VM is for network access, while the other one is connected to the previous VM for said network access, and it's the one you should use. This is to prevent any de-anonymization attacks.

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by thenose on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:42PM (#37512231)

Indeed. For anyone who isn't convinced, I wrote up some details on our use case (creating a training data DMCA safe haven) in the Tails thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37512147

If you're serious about protecting yourself, Whonix is a requirement.

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by musicale on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:52PM (#37513146)

> Whonix is unanimously considered the best Linux distribution in terms of privacy and security

"Unanimously?" By whom?

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by pmarreck on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:46PM (#37513894)

The anonymous authority, of course! ;)

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by heywoodlh on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:32PM (#37517563)

*Unonymously

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by ehvatum on Thursday September 14, 2023 @04:20PM (#37514321)

By the ones doing the considering. We get together every spring in Lucern to revise the Book of Considerations.

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by paravirtualized on Friday September 15, 2023 @05:04AM (#37520308)

> "Unanimously?" By whom?

By anyone who has read and understood the technical design pages.[1][2][3]

[1]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Technical_Introduction

[2]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/Threat_Model

[3]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Comparison_with_Others

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by musicale on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:09PM (#37531675)

Those citations appear to be from a single source: the project's own web site.

They might be accurate, but they are not impartial evidence for unanimity or even broad consensus.

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by bombas on Thursday September 14, 2023 @03:29PM (#37513679)

lol unanimously by who? You?

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by musicale on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:15PM (#37531708)

I said "whom" but I do have the same question.

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by replwoacause on Thursday September 14, 2023 @08:41PM (#37516731)

Does not work on M1/M2 macs or arm architecture

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Re:Whonix – an OS focused on anonymity, privacy and security by musicale on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:14PM (#37531696)

Guess they weren't part of the anonymous, unanimous considerers.

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