Wait a minute... How checking account number, can represent security risk? On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 5:18:10 PM UTC+2, Catacombs wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:39:26 AM UTC-5, Catacombs wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 1:00:17 PM UTC-5, tomas.s...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> I understand, that Qubes compartmentalizes OS and parts of OS don't have >>> access to other parts of the OS. So even if you had virus in your firmware >>> of a network card, it wouldn't matter. I know firmware viruses are rare, >>> but still better safe than sorry. I am looking for safe OS to do online >>> banking from. If i use live usb of QUBES, does that protect me against all >>> firmware viruses ? I wonder. Even there is like 0.2% chance of being >>> infected with it. Also i can't disable all my disks in BIOS, could that be >>> problem ? I mean if i use live-usb and don't boot my main OS, when usb is >>> plugged in. So my main OS can't compromise Qubes. And even if disks were >>> enabled and i boot up Qubes from live usb, i am not sure if it could get >>> infected, because these viruses has to be loaded somehow right ? But if >>> they are passively on the disk and you launch 2nd OS from live-usb, not >>> sure if it could get infected like this. I wanted to dedicate my old pc for >>> online banking, but Qubes doesn't work there. >>> >> >> You might rather look at those webpages which talk about "Threat Model." >> Who you might be contending with. There is, of course, the possibility >> that what you are referring to is the fact Intel main processors have >> modems which might allow Intel to change the firmware code without your >> knowing it. I have been told, by someone who is much more knowledgeable >> about these things, that there are no instances of Intel ever having done >> that. There are some possible problems with USB Keyboards. >> >> You might ask your bank. I suspect in any case, what you might be more >> interested in is reading about VPN's. Some more expensive that others. >> As someone said, don't trust a free VPN, they have to make their money >> somewhere, still I use the free version of ProtonVPN. >> >> Hardware that is produced with the goal of no Firmware intrusion includes >> - https://puri.sm/ the qubes certified hardware, >> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/, notice the Hardware >> Compatibility List, https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/ >> >> I guess that is off the subject. >> >> If you use a VPN- My bank checks the IP of the address the login comes >> from. If the VPN server is say in New York, a thousand miles away, it will >> not let me login. Bank reasons I should have told them I was traveling. >> You might find difficulty using Tor, or Whonix to login to your bank. >> > > I should mention, using a credit card can insulate you from risk. The big > risk of using a bank account is allowing someone to have the checking > account number itself, the one on the bottom of all your checks. > > Puppy Linux has a number of Live versions which actually do not have a > root, but whose security in the case of a bank account is derived from > loading a new fresh version of OS at each re-boot. If one completely power > downs the computer after each bank session, and does not save the partition > each time, then. No way can software get in around you. Installing a VPN > to use with one of the distros of Puppy Linux can be problematic though. > Puppy Linux has a friendly forum. I think you might start with Easy OS, > create a multi-save DVD. Boot then do your banking, power down. > > Not perfect. If you are a geek type, then use Qubes. No doubt Qubes is > superior in several ways. >
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