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> By comparing the number of exploits? Qubes relies on Xen, which is used by very big targets, so should be under constant attacks This is often giving quite m
by nicce 5y ago
> By comparing the number of exploits? Qubes relies on Xen, which is used by very big targets, so should be under constant attacks
This is often giving quite misleading conclusions based on what I just said - iOS for example is much more popular and heavily tested - of course the amount of exploits is much larger, because it is also much more interesting target as many are using it.
How many people are using phones/laptops which are based on Xen? Xen is commonly used on server side - not by those guys who are holding the interesting stuff on their personal devices.
- fsflover 5y ago> Xen is commonly used on server side - not by those guys who are holding the interesting stuff on their personal devices. AFAIK server side is often even more interesting for hackers as it's connected to big money.
- smoldesu 5y agoI would argue that iOS is more dangerous because we can be fairly certain that it's not only vulnerable to exploits like Pegasus, but also phones home to FIVE EYES on a regular basis. Qubes is vulnerable to neither of these attacks, and it's architecture is explicitly designed to isolate all components of the system with hardened hypervisor technology used by the most high-security servers in the world. For the most part, you don't even have to trust the device you're running Qubes on; the isolation technology is that robust.