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

submitted 12 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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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (5 children)

Qubes requires a lot of configuring to be properly secure and you have to have a fair bit of understanding about virtualization.

I'd suggest starting with Whonix . It still uses some of the same virtualization technology, and like Tails routes everything over Tor, and provides excellent protection against threats on your local network (due to separating Gateway into its own VM)

Also Whonix is straightforward to set up. You first install VirtualBox, then literally just double-click the Whonix .OVA file to install. It fires up two virtual machines: Gateway and Workstation. You use the Workstation; the Gateway handles Internet traffic (and you generally don't login to it)

You can save files, customize your desktop, use it like a normal computer.

EDIT: just noticed this

opening risky files

For that, your best bet is a burner laptop that you re-image regularly. Qubes is also a pretty good way to do this; you'd set up an extremely locked-down execution environment for the "risky file".

But if the risky file attacks Linux-based OSes, you're hosed even under Whonix or Tails.

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

thanks but i dont have the money for a burner letalone one that is powerful enough for qubes

thanks for the commen it helps other people see this

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