Your Computer Isn't Yours
Niklas
@freddy My computer is mine because it runs Linux.People who use proprietary software don't deserve anything better than that.
@nipos Hate to tell you but your computer probably still isn't yours. If you have an Intel or AMD processor (other than a few) your device is packed with hardware level spying that you can't remove. Also Linux is wildly insecure and its only saving grace is security by obscurity which won't protect it as it's shallow excuse forever. Also due to its lack of any meaningful sandbox, any anti privacy apps you have installed are tracking everything you're doing in other apps too.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Linux is *not* insecure and I only use free open source software.
@nipos It is objectively insecure. There is no sandboxing on the standard desktop, the entire kernel is written in a memory unsafe language, the kernel is too big for anyone to review so you just have to trust others, the kernel is wildly behind on exploit mitigations, a compromised non-root user with access to sudo is almost equal to a full root compromise as there are an insane amount of ways for an attacker to retrieve a password,
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Hardening Linux to a point in which it's actually secure is well out of the range of normal users and would take a team of skilled devs to have the knowledge and put in the time, no standard desktop OS devs have done this so far. Just because you harden a few SELinux policies or use a distro with a MAC framework without strict enforcement and policies or whatever else you consider hardening, it doesn't fix the inherent architectural problems with Linux and it's overarching security model.
@nemo Also I don't see how the link you attached is at all related to the discussion of hardening Linux.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Sorry I don't feed trolls
@nemo Yeah I realized right after I sent it, I just typed the link incorrectly. There is another reply with the correct URL, though.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat You are refering to this:
Is Qubes just another Linux distribution?
If you really want to call it a distribution, then it’s more of a “Xen distribution” than a Linux one. But Qubes is much more than just Xen packaging. It has its own VM management infrastructure, with support for template VMs, centralized VM updating, etc. It also has a very unique GUI virtualization infrastructure.
@nemo Yes, that is what I'm referring to.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat You are correct my mistake sorry. I trusted wikipedia I'll never make that mistake again
@nemo Feels satirical but maybe I'm just reading too much into it. Assuming that it is genuine then it's not a big deal, I actually see that on Wikipedia now. It has some roots in fedora but as they said its much more heavily based on Xen so neither place is just outright lying or totally incorrect really.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Yeah I also thought that it is mainly based on fedora that was the reason why I got confused. Thats the problem with complexity neither of us is entirely wrong or correct. I still think that linux has a lot of advantages also disadvantages but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages
@nemo Right, I've just kind of taken what they say on that but I could be wrong. Yeah it's a complicated discussion, but I'm glad we could actually discuss it in a civil way, you'd be surprised how many people get so defensive and unnecessarily aggressive about it. I couldn't agree more, its a balancing act of security and privacy, and if privacy is your concern the Linux or BSD is just about as good as it gets.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Exactly, yeah I feel the same way. It's really hard nowadays to have a constructive discussion about anything. At the beginning I thought that you tried to troll, hence the response. But you seem like a legit being. I thank you very much for the participation and engagement. If you wan't to have a chit chat or something feel free to toot me :D
Regards👍
@nemo 100%, like most people on here are overly defensive over whatever OS they're using and refuse to listen to any other point of view (even seen people do it with Windows 10) so thank you for not being like that.
Yeah looking back I get what you mean, I can see that it looked that way.
Thank you so much for your kindness and civility! 😁
Tschüss! 👍
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat No problem :)
There is a general problem nowadays due to polarization people forget how to communicate civilized.
I thank you for not being the thing which assumed you where at the beginning :)
Likewise 😃
Tschüss👍
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat Well there must be a reason, why most of the internet is run on linux servers :)
There is a triangle of security.
The red circle is an indication of our system. When we play with the parameters and move the circle closer to security. The functionality and usability suffers. QubesOS is one of the most secure systems. Out there most of the technologies which are implemented in it can also easily be applied to most standard distros. Absolute security is not possible.
Most of the internet and servers are run on Linux for stability, low overhead, versatility, and package support. I'm aware that there is no OS with perfect security or anything, and that the more secure you get the less usable it gets, and logically that would be true..except for MacOS.. MacOS right now is the leader for desktop OS security (security =/= privacy) second only to Qubes and it's extremely usable. I mean people don't pay $2500 for them to not be able to use them.
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It has verified boot, granular and strong firewalls if you know how to use them, sandboxing, etc. Once again, taking Qubes out of the equation because it's in its own league, MacOS is the gold standard for desktop OS security and it's one of the most usable and self explanatory desktop OSes. But that's the thing, the same can't be said for Linux. It seems like the worst of both worlds in a way. Steep initial learning curve, frequently difficult to use bar a few distros, atrocious security.
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But don't think I'm just bashing Linux because I have something against it, I don't. Hell, I use Linux on all of my computers everyday and even have a secondary phone with Ubuntu Touch, I think Linux is awesome, I'm just not assuming it to be something its not and I'm certainly not using it for security.
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@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat well there also a looot of tech folks who use linux instead of macos :D I don't think that price has anything to do with privacy or security :D
sorry haven't seen the 1/3 I wait till you've finished your writing
@nemo I just finished them, they're in reply to the 1/3 message. Yeah a lot of tech people use them but I think that can be more attributed to Linux just being fun to use and mess around with due to versatility.
My point wasn't that the premium price was attributed to privacy or security. I meant its so easy to use and made for anyone to just pick up and get going, and yet its so secure, directly contradicting prior notions of convenience and security in tandem.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat I understand, yeah. Thats a good point.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubesos
Quote: OS family Linux (Unix-like)