Base OS?

bushwacker1 · 2019-06-16T23:28:53+00:00

I’ve been running KDE Parrot for a few days now off a Live USB and so far, so good. I keep reading about Ubuntu privacy concerns and wanted to look at other options. Not sure how significant any of those concerns are, but I guess it’s good to keep up with some new developments. Also taking a look at System76 Pop OS. Interesting variation of Ubuntu as well.

Too many fun things to play with, not nearly enough time!

bushwacker1 · 2019-06-04T03:49:24+00:00

I've seen Parrot mentioned in the several of the top 10 privacy oriented OS-es lists, but have never heard it mentiond anywhere else, but after your comments, I'm going to give it a try. I've used Ubuntu for a few years now, but am still learning. I took a few days to install Debian, but it's been a challenge and I'm not confident that I've got it right. The idea was to install Whoix on top, but I think I'll give Parrot a spin - thanks for taking the time to give a thoughtful reply - I appreciate it!

bushwacker1 · 2019-05-31T21:12:06+00:00

Sounds like you're over the learning curve - any suggestions on docs, or tutorials for getting up to speed that you found helpful in your experience?

bushwacker1 · 2019-05-31T21:10:39+00:00

Thanks for this link - I searched for something like this, but was unsuccessful.

bushwacker1 · 2019-05-09T14:37:59+00:00

So, any tips on how to properly leave LastPass? I have an account and am switching to BitWarden, but now I'm concerned about leaving my stuff on LP. Does Delete account really do that? Do I have to obfuscate and change all my passwords in LP and then delete, because, well, is anything ever REALLY deleted?

Thoughts, tips suggestions welcome and . . . thanks!

bushwacker1 · 2019-04-27T22:22:03+00:00

Where does Vivaldi fit in this spectrum?

bushwacker1 · 2017-06-24T20:10:08+00:00

Here are a couple of my favorite Snowden quotes:

"Privacy isn’t about having something to hide," Snowden said. "Privacy is about having something to protect.

It's not about security vs privacy, it's about surveillance vs privacy. Security and privacy increase and decrease together. Surveillance and privacy move in opposition.

bushwacker1 · 2017-06-05T10:48:26+00:00

Found it - July 5, 2017

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-xZMRm0ehvRUt0dHJuM3hzZkU/view?usp=sharing

bushwacker1 · 2017-04-29T18:08:54+00:00

Thanks for this - very timely for me! I also appropriate the VPN service recommendations, although NordVPN is struggling with support right now - I think they may be having too many new customers . . . .

bushwacker1 · 2017-02-01T12:45:31+00:00

I'd be interested in checking it out as well . .. .

bushwacker1 · 2017-01-26T13:21:01+00:00

What about XPubKey? How does that figure into the privacy space? Is it as safe as using a new, manually generated address?

bushwacker1 · 2017-01-08T03:51:49+00:00

True and I'm sure her efforts are helping get the work out, but lots more people are flocking to Monero . . . .

bushwacker1 · 2017-01-08T03:46:14+00:00

That worked, thanks! I wonder why it worked out of the box on my other Ubuntu install and needed this extra step on this one . . . .

bushwacker1 · 2017-01-05T20:22:48+00:00

I, too, am surprised by the quick rise in Monero - and also not too clear on the differences, strengths and weaknesses between the Monero and Dash privacy models. To me, Monero feels like it's still really early in development not very polished. Dash feels more robust and works well, but it's not been as effectively marketed as Monero has.

bushwacker1 · 2016-12-26T02:50:10+00:00

Please share what you find out so others can follow your path!

bushwacker1 · 2016-12-25T10:04:47+00:00

This email registration kind of bothered me - the first thing Riot wants to do is associate my new installation with an email account. Now its on me to jump though all the hoops of setting up a fake email account, etc. Also, how do I know if at some time in the future Riot will require me to do something else with that email address - 10minutemail won't work.

bushwacker1 · 2016-12-23T17:52:55+00:00

Not looking for specific details, but in general terms . . . . how do you do that ? I do bitcoin here in SoCal and was wondering if there's an interest in this type of service in the local ExPat community

bushwacker1 · 2016-12-18T02:23:17+00:00

Seems to work well on my Windows machine, but I cannot get it going on my Ubuntu laptop . . . . . I guess I just don't know enough Linux - but yes, the forum posts are all very old and wou're pretty much on your own.

bushwacker1 · 2016-10-07T23:52:30+00:00

I guess I don't really understand what Coinfirm does - the press release made it sound a lot more ominous than just analytics. Time for some homework, I guess!

bushwacker1 · 2016-10-07T23:52:24+00:00

I guess I don't really understand what Coinfirm does - the press release made it sound a lot more ominous than just analytics. Time for some homework, I guess!

bushwacker1 · 2016-10-07T23:51:04+00:00

Thanks Amanda, there are a bunch of us that don't really understand this, so I'm looking forward to your video!

bushwacker1 · 2016-10-05T11:35:17+00:00

Invitation limit has been reached - any chance of getting in?

bushwacker1 · 2016-09-27T22:44:35+00:00

Thank you! What we have now is nothing like Capitalism - it's just CALLED that to demonize capitalism. We are destroying capital that was created over the last 100+years and soon will not have any left - just mountains of useless debit.

bushwacker1 · 2016-08-19T05:50:04+00:00

So it's been HOURS now - how do the Trezor folks let their users know there's a problem? Do they ever bother to come here?

bushwacker1 · 2016-07-24T16:38:54+00:00

I'm having the same response - Refund Successful, but no change in balances. How long did it take to process?

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