Ask HN: Whatever happened to Paranoid Linux?
Cory Doctorow described in brilliant detail the fictional distro Paranoid Linux in his novel, _Little Brother_. "Paranoid" fully protects its users: encrypted communication and Tor by default, continual network chaff, etc.
Why isn't this in wider use?
There is no distro called Paranoid, but there are other security-oriented distros like LPS and Tails http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-distros-paranoid-secure-distros-si/
Yet none is widely known and in wide use. Not even HN chatter talks a lot about these.
Why?
Does no one really care about security? Do these distros have usability or security flaws? Is it just a lack of marketing?
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As far as why... people who really need encryption already use it and/or are suspicious of a silver bullet solution. People who don't need it don't seem to care as much about it.