Cheers, Jean-Philippe! Thanks for the reply.
Would you be able to point me in the direction of any unique privacy-specific
functions Qubes OS allows me to take advantage of (other than obvious stuff
like Whonix)? Is there anything of that sort?
Thanks again!
Qubes OS's main focus is security, not privacy: since Qubes OS is an
operating system it is, architecturally, infrastructure, and
infrastructure does not directly provide privacy.
Privacy is a feature of behaviour and services, not infrastructure;
that's why any User can keep a privacy-oriented behaviour (e.g. by using
pseudonyms, wearing masks, or even taking part in a theatrical play: if
actors are not named, you only know the character) and/or use privacy
friendly services (e.g. that don't keep logs or don't force specific
types of identities, or that actively mix network traffic to avoid
correlation).
In this context you should understand that Qubes OS or Whonix are
neither services nor behaviours, and that's why you can use Whonix
without any privacy (just log in to Facebook and post as yourself, or
record a vlog post on Youtube).
Infrastructure, like Whonix and Qubes, may ease privacy by configuring
software (e.g. to run over TOR) or preventing the circumvention of
behaviours (e.g. avoid tracking network traffic), but they don't provide
privacy by themselves.
Same goes for anonymity, which (imho, but that's a pretty big
digression) is a specific type of privacy.
Please look at the switch away from paravirtualization from a technical
point of view, and only when the infrastructural implications are clear
then you can take into account the impact (if any) for privacy-enabling
behaviours and services.
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