I want to get a genuine copy of Qubos, from here in the UK (United Kingdom).

The only way described on the Quebos website at present, appears to be to 
download the ISO.

I have the classic security problem described on the website 
<https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/install-security/>, where not having a 
trust-worthy machine, means that I have a never-ending chain of trust 
issues for each machine that I use in the obtaining of the software.

I suggest that the hyper-linked web-page above, be updated to provide 
further guidance as to how to ensure you have a genuine copy of the Qubos 
software. *Also, can anyone in this news group provide any such guidance 
for myself (and others?)*



(Solely) some thoughts on how to help ensure possession of a genuine copy 
of Quebos:


   1. If Quebos is distributed through PC magazine DVDs, users can purchase 
      a few copies of a particular magazine having such a DVD, at random, from 
      different stores, in widely different locations (different counties, 
etc.) 
      Users can then compare the copies to make sure they are identical.
      2. Purchase Quebos from a randomly chosen big PC store, that has 
      perhaps 100 copies of the software on its shelves, on a day picked at 
      random, by selecting one of the copies at random from the shelves.
      3. If a user believes they are being tracked, what they can do, is 
      schedule in their mind (or otherwise), to make such a purchase over the 
      next few months, and then when they are doing some activity (for example 
      visiting a friend in the city), they can just as an aside go and purchase 
a 
      copy of the software.
      4. Purchase the Quebos software from an online retailer, that uses 
      special tamper-evident packaging <https://www.jwproducts.co.uk>, and 
      then compare the copy obtained in this way, with software downloaded from 
      the Quebos website.
      5. Obtain software in several ways, then compare copies to make sure 
      they're identical.
   


Thanks,


Mark Fernandes


#installation #installer #media #DVD #ISO #tamper #genuine #intercept 
#man-in-the-middle-attack #MITM

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