what is the best privacy distro?
what is the best privacy distro?
For my phone, I use Graphene OS. What would be the best desktop Linux option to match the level of security and privacy that GOS provides?
Tails in proxmox in tails running on pure ramdrive system with no longterm storage, cpu, bios, mac serials overwritten with FFFFFFF, TPM chip desoldered or lasered off CPU, connected to TOR viato mullvad paid with crypto, through VPN running left behind sanitized device hidden in a library, through second sanitized vpn device connected to private insecure wifi in poor residential area with no cameras, after abolishing the state
Truly a person of refined taste.
Only two layers of sanitizers? Gosh might as well just put your social security number out there
Read my instructions to the end, always abolish the state before you start. This makes social security numbers powerless, look, 663 342 934. Nothing happened.
The's a good one! 😊 It's funny
Reading this comment made me die.
On a related note, being dead is the most secure way to use a distro.
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Pretty much any distro that isn't Ubuntu. Are you asking for privacy or security? Those are very different.
For security, I'd stick to more complete distros like Fedora instead of more diy distros like NixOS or Arch. They're great to learn and tinker with, but distros like Fedora have security experts adding mitigations and security stuff in the distro by default, whereas most users of Arch or something would have to manually look up those things and keep up to date on the latest security. So basically, none of them lol.
Using more hardcore security distros like QubesOS is not very realistic as a daily driver. You'll see Linux nerds name drop it and claim they know what they're talking about, but none of them will actually dailt drive it because it's a very painful experience. Just stick with flatpaks as much as you can for pretty solid security.
What security stuff/mitigations are added on Fedora that are not on Ubuntu?
Looks like they do add quite a bit security features. Having SELinux installed and working out of the box being the biggest. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security_Features
What's wrong with Ubuntu?
Depends on what you mean for security/privacy. You can use Tails or whatever and have everything encrypted and then just be logging into your Facebook account on Chrome without an ad blocker.
Most Linux distros are secure enough for the average person who isn’t being targeted by some crazy state level actor. If you’re particularly concerned stick with a distro that has a security team like Debian. As for privacy that has more to do with the sites you browse and have accounts with but obviously avoid Google (I just use Firefox instead of Chrome) use an adblocker like ublock origin, along with maybe something like decentraleyes.
Chrome phones home a lot. It's not a good idea to use it if you care about privacy. Firefox even has metrics enabled by default, although you can turn them off.
Tails, Qubes, or Whonix
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If you look through this thread, you may notice that almost everything is biased towards personal preference(s). I recommend you research for those aspects of security AND privacy that interest you and select the tools, distros that you prefer. The beauty of Linux lies in its variety. Use what pleases you and serves your needs.
Qubes on Whonix
Try Tails, you don't even gotta install it. Keep it on a flash drive and just plug it into your computer whenever you wanna use it.
Nix OS, Guix or Vanilla OS for sandboxing I guess. But basically everything but Ubuntu is pretty good for privacy, it’s a big part of free software philosophy.
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I mean, neither Microsoft nor Apple were stupid enough to sell user data to Amazon. I'd love to see how the Linux community would've responded to that, because I doubt they'd have the same "oh but it's opt in now, so it's ok" reaction.
@PrivateOnions @StimulatedYorkie you should switch to Fedora then. No more daily random reboots
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How does Void Linux rate on the security and privacy front compared to the top recommendations in this thread?
Tails
my impression is that grapheneos is only private and secure compared to regular android. likewise, any linux distro is going to be secure and private when compared to windows.
Sure, but graphene OS just has some really thoughtful privacy focused features, and I'm looking for a Linux distro that would have similar features if there is such a thing.
One thing I love about graphene is by default, the MAC address is randomized for every single connection. Also, the Bluetooth can be set to time out and turn off after a certain period of not being used.
Everyone is recommending Tails but I feel like that's a lot more intense security and privacy wise than GrapheneOS, since Tails runs in a live environment only.
Yea I am looking for something a little more general purpose
Anything that's not made in china
Ubuntu Mint Fedora are all good to go