My apple is from 2009. Which I upgraded until I got to Mac OS 10 Lion. One of the Apple tech support suggested to defer OS 10 updates as the features added were for Syncing between different devices like IPhone, IPad, ICloud, other Apple computers. I would call them security holes. Besides Apple uses Broadcom for internet connection. Not Foss. And TAILS says can not be spoofed.
My thought being to use Linux as a host. Perhaps, pen testing. Linux that has an extensive outgoing Firewall. Then put VMware on top of that, for $250.00. But I am not anxious to do so if VMware is the total black box suggested by poster. I recall several years ago, a huge security hole, created in open source, coding left to a group of enthusiasts. A guy was begging not to be banned for writing the security hole. Pointing out his Patch had been approved by very knowledgeable developers and he clearly had no intent to create a security hole. My point being open source and FOSS are not perfect. Plus. What no one every talks about. The NSA is one of the largest employers of Mathematicians in the world. I would guess the NSA is also one of the biggest employers of really well trained Linux programmers. That is. They don’t, as Hollywood might suggest hire their tech guys from script kiddies who are in jail or probation. They hire first rate minds who have Masters from places like MIT. USC. First rate CS programs. These NSA tech guys are likely spending some of their employers time in helping to fix Fedora, Debian, Perhaps Tails and Qubes as well. I am pretty sure China. China with the big C who is reputed to have a lot of folks who used computers in some way the government did not approve. Telling the Truth of events. Or just violating the big China Firewall. Of course. In some small countries I suspect their security services are not well trained computer specialists. Perhaps individuals who left schooling before middle school. But their interrogation is more blunt bruising instruments. Heated objects. Ropes. Cold water. Still China may have more qualified Linux programmers to pull apart Tor. Tails. Qubes. Than their are qualified Linux people trying to make it work. There is another group of security concerns we never write about on the Qubes site. Our connection with the internet. Servers. ISP software. Server software. Well actually we now hear of the 5G hazards. How much more Secure is what I do with QUBEs versus something like VMware. Also assuming I am careful of how I use it. That I have a formula to use. Reminding myself that “Encryption is more likely broken in Practice than in Theory.” That is. If we use poor techniques. Then all the encryption available will not help us. All that said. I will continue to use QUBEs. Because at least they try. But another question obvious to many experienced QUBEs users. Why Fedora is emphasized over. Say CentOS. Which is supposed to be the same as RedHat, with delay in implementation? Or a very limited hardened Debian? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/8e5bf794-3515-439e-9302-c56ce0f68cf9%40googlegroups.com.
