Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-07 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 01:21:20PM -0800, Matt Johnson wrote: Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in Let's say you're a journalist working with Snowden's leaked documents. Would you be comfortable

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread anon14959
d.nix: On 11/5/2013 2:35 PM, anon14...@safe-mail.net wrote: It's about making a box really offline. Privacy is just part of the name of the distro from my example. Privacy is coming anyway. Security is about not getting my computer stolen. And for that I want to have full disk encryption.

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
I fail grasp the utility of such and offline computer. If you keep a computer air gaped as you describe you will not be able to do much with it. What do you want the air gaped computer for? -- Matt Johnson On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Griffin Boyce grif...@cryptolab.net wrote:

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:54:34AM -0800, Matt Johnson wrote: I fail grasp the utility of such and offline computer. If you keep a You must have nothing to hide, then. Some of us do. computer air gaped as you describe you will not be able to do much with it. Gee, how about authoring content,

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in a library with books on paper? When I author something I constantly refer to other material. Lets say you write something, then burn it to CD and transfer it to

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
On 11/06/2013 04:21 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in a library with books on paper? When I author something I constantly refer to other material. You know most

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Jonathan Wilkes jancs...@yahoo.com wrote: On 11/06/2013 04:21 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in a library with books on paper? When I

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread d.nix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan, I don't think you are following the whole thread. I understand the value of removing a computer from the network, once you have installed the software you need and put the data you want on it. Griffin suggested never connecting a

[liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-05 Thread anon14959
Trying the now rather dated Ubuntu Privacy Remix I figured out any recent distribution would do. Just the ability to disable networking by hand and that's all. It has to be made for flash media. Meaning writing to the disk only if necesary. It would be nice to be privacy aware, meaning it can

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-05 Thread Griffin Boyce
anon14...@safe-mail.net wrote: Trying the now rather dated Ubuntu Privacy Remix I figured out any recent distribution would do. Just the ability to disable networking by hand and that's all. There are some really good options out there, including: TAILS: https://tails.boum.org/about/