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  • chappedafloat@lemmy.wtfOPtoPrivacy@lemmy.ml*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 month ago

    I clearly said if i’m not sure about something. I takes time to do research if you can do better than go ahead and show us what you know. If you think something I said is wrong then please make a constructive reply and tell us all how it really is.

    And QubesOS isnt based on linux kernel. It uses Xen. Linux is used in the Qubes aka VMs.




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    OP is wrong about firmware. linux-firmware package is not about mitigating firmware vulnerabilities. It’s just blobs for things like nvidia and other stuff. I don’t know if Linux has firmware vulnerability mitigation but if it doesn’t then QubesOS is much better because it does prevent a lot of the vulnerabilities by disabling hyperthreading.





  • i forgot about that reason. That’s true I think some people have that as their motive. They are probably thinking that it’s best to not let the beginners know that vpn doesn’t do much on its own or that brave doesn’t actually stop all tracking and won’t necessarily give you a non-unique fingerprint etc. They want to make it look easy to get privacy because if they make it look hard that these simple beginner steps aren’t enough then they won’t even get started and give up.

    I think it’s a wrong mindset to have. I don’t think those types of people who give up if they realize privacy isn’t a one click solution are the target audience for privacy. We want the people who can actually spend some time to learn and put in some effort because if they can’t do that then they probably don’t care that much about privacy to begin with.

    But its just my opinion not a fact.



  • You are right but I think most people would in hindsight say they wished the did more to protect their computer when shit happens. It’s like a camera, you can buy a cheap camera meant to be used for a vacation then thrown away and it’s not worth much but the pictures you have taken are worth a lot as in semantic value, memories you want to keep.

    In someones computer they have their entire digital life. Work, personal life, social life, all kinds of data, pictures, banking, investments, crypto, etc. All that is priceless. That’s why ransomware viruses are so effective, people will pay and do anything to get their data back and they all wished they had just done some simple backups and from then on they will probably spend effort on security.