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I see pitching as sales. Yes, I think qubesOS is perfect for people who worry about privacy, opening emails, still want a PC over a tablet or phone, do not have

I see pitching as sales. Yes, I think qubesOS is perfect for people who worry about privacy, opening emails, still want a PC over a tablet or phone, do not have Intel ME/AMD PSP and will spend much more for lesser hardware to purchase one without or are willing to do so themselves, do not play games, battery life not as important, have an i7 with expandable ram up to 32GB, do not install patches often, and are willing to isolate their programs in VMs. >Are you aware that a lot of people today are using a laptop as their desktop home computer? I do. False, most are using mobile like phones and tablets as their main computer, desktops and laptops have declined for over a decade. >I don't get it. You are going to connect to a "secure" server from an insecure machine with full access. Do you expect that your server stays secure after that? Does my insecure computer compromise hacker news?

fsflover 5y ago
> Does my insecure computer compromise hacker news? Probably yes, if you access HN via ssh with root privileges.
- GhettoComputers 5y ago
  Lots of ifs, like if I installed a hardware keylogger onto your computer. >I don't get it. You are going to connect to a "secure" server from an insecure machine with full access. Do you expect that your server stays secure after that? Yes, XEN and hardware virtualization keeps it all safe. VMs like those on Qubes work the same way. Most laptops don't have good virtualization hardware, expandable ram, or decent processors. Connecting to a server doesn't compromise it in any real world scenarios, the same way if I remote access your laptop through mine, root ssh is not common, and you'll have it isolated in a VM anyway won't you?