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[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Tails OS.
Although, I do have to warn you that the NSA will consider you to be an extremist (because they don't see you at all).

If it ever becomes commonplace it'll soon be as watertight as a sieve.

 

[MirekFe]

If it ever becomes commonplace it'll soon be as watertight as a sieve.

A sieve is better than no sieve.
MirekFe; June 21, 2017.

I'm just kidding.


Of course to be absolutely serious, once Tails OS becomes commonplace we'll be ahead of the game again.
By that time there will be an even better, more secure, stronger anonymity, OS.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

A sieve is better than no sieve.
MirekFe; June 21, 2017.

I'm just kidding.


Of course to be absolutely serious, once Tails OS becomes commonplace we'll be ahead of the game again.
By that time there will be an even better, more secure, stronger anonymity, OS.

It's a relentless, never ending war between the OS design boffins and the hackers and there'll never be a winner but the weakest link in the chain is always going to be the end user. That's something that'll never change.

 

[woofer]

Android, so secure. lol
IOS, so secure lol.
Windows, so secure. lol
Show me a totally secure OS and I'll show you a million that don't exist.

Tails OS.
Although, I do have to warn you that the NSA will consider you to be an extremist (because they don't see you at all).

Odd - I keep up with TAILS on distrowatch.com, and have installed and run it a bit, but they do keep on updating it for ... security fixes. As noted above, nothing is totally secure (in perpetuity I suppose should be added).

My daily driver, and my wife's, is Linux Mint, and has been for several years now. It, too, gets security updates several times a week, mostly via its upstream Ubuntu/app sources, and that is as expected.

Although I do dabble with Win 8/10 to some extent, I am careful NOT to use it for banking or credit card management/use (I.e. online purchases).

 

[MirekFe]

Odd - I keep up with TAILS on distrowatch.com, and have installed and run it a bit, but they do keep on updating it for ... security fixes. As noted above, nothing is totally secure (in perpetuity I suppose should be added).

My daily driver, and my wife's, is Linux Mint, and has been for several years now. It, too, gets security updates several times a week, mostly via its upstream Ubuntu/app sources, and that is as expected.

Although I do dabble with Win 8/10 to some extent, I am careful NOT to use it for banking or credit card management/use (I.e. online purchases).

I wanted to edit my post, but it was too late. So I thought replying to my own post wouldn't really be required, since everyone would understand what I meant anyway. I'm sorry I didn't correct myself.
Now to actually correct myself:

1) Odd - I keep up with TAILS on distrowatch.com, and have installed and run it a bit, but they do keep on updating it for ... security fixes. As noted above, nothing is totally secure (in perpetuity I suppose should be added).
Updates occur for "mostly" 2 reasons:
I) to fix issues the kernel contains
and
ii) improve upon security even more.
(I'm trying to simplify this post as much as possible. So please bear with me.)

I do know that nothing is absolutely full proof. 100% security is a myth. But as much as I hate admitting it, the world of Linux, BSD, and Unix are much more secure than Windows. I use Linux everyday, and even though it isn't perfect, it gets the job done.

2) Although I do dabble with Win 8/10 to some extent, I am careful NOT to use it for banking or credit card management/use (I.e. online purchases).
Windows 10 is out of this world. It is so amazing. It is the most advanced, incredible, and marvelous OS the world has ever seen (not to mention that a google server would be required to have it run smoothly).
Microsoft presents: May the updates be forced upon you. "New" features have been added, like bash and multiple desktops.

All jokes aside, I don't use Win anymore. Linux set me free from all the restrictions, antiviruses, and premature eventual hardware slowdown from the registry.
The only time I use Windows is for my job (certain software).

When privacy enters the equation, I have to agree with you. Windows 8/10 is better to be kept away from all banking and the like.
Today it's WannaCry, tomorrow it's WannaDie.

 

[MirekFe]

It's a relentless, never ending war between the OS design boffins and the hackers and there'll never be a winner but the weakest link in the chain is always going to be the end user. That's something that'll never change.

True. Very true. I definitely agree with you on that one.
It's like a liquid-tight conduit. You can make it extremely reliable, but eventually leaks are inevitable. Then you will have to fix it.

As I said in a previous post:
The most secure computer is no computer.

I'm not willing to go back to those days.