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qubes+privacy for idiots?? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 13 hours ago by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Im using framework. my home networks isnt safe (it belongs to my family and google) and i would like to use the internet in public uncensored. someone also has a virus (they will not remove it dont ask why i do not know either) I know qubes is for security but Tails isnt for me. any reasonable ways to make Qubes private in my situation?

btw heres why i want security/privacy (i dont know my terminology)

I will be opening risky files and pirating

Don't like survillence policing/capitalism or censorship

Will be reading political things but dont want to be manipulated by my views

Love disposable identities that are hard to connect together

thanks for reading

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[–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Why do you say Tails isn't for you? If it's because it's inconvenient to use, I doubt you're going to like Qubes.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Amnesia and extreme difficulty to install new software kills it for lots of people.

Whonix solves those (at the risk ofc that it's persistent and you could install malware)

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

yeah amnesia seems to be for people worried about psychical access and not remote access

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

its not the tradeoffs im willing to take (the amensia and being only on usb) and qubes has some features that i would benefit from more than tails

also not for me since im not being hunted down

(also dont think tails is supposed to be daily use)