Purism Librem 13 Notebook Combines 'Free' Hardware With Highly Secure Qubes OS

[Lucian Armasu]

The Purism and the Qubes OS teams announced a partnership to integrate the Librem 13 notebook with the security-focused Qubes OS.

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[Marius Cirsta]

I bought hardware like this for $700 ( Lenovo Yoga Pro 3). I do value privacy and stuff but honestly not that much, it's not like I really have something to hide ... if I would than yes this would be worth it I suppose. Then again your privacy is only as good as you make it ... if you go to a website and provide information or your web browser tracks you or ....

 

[Lucian Armasu]

I bought hardware like this for $700 ( Lenovo Yoga Pro 3). I do value privacy and stuff but honestly not that much, it's not like I really have something to hide ... if I would than yes this would be worth it I suppose. Then again your privacy is only as good as you make it ... if you go to a website and provide information or your web browser tracks you or ....

You can try installing Qubes OS on your laptop, too.

 

[Marius Cirsta]

It's already running Linux .... well my desktop is, I don't really use laptops even though I have one. I find Linux enough of a not mainstream solution.
As I've said I don't really feel like taking open source and privacy to that level ... If I would I'd just leave all my devices and build a cabin in the woods somewhere ... now that's 100% privacy guaranteed

 

[Urzu1000]

Wasn't there a virus a while back that checked to see if it was being run in a VM, and if it was, it proceeded to nuke the MBR? Sometimes being too secure makes you a target.

This makes a pretty good case of it. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/unpickable.png

 

[dE_logics]

It appears these guys don't know the concept of unix users and permissions.