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fsfloveryesterday at 3:15 PM1 replyview on HN

Qubes OS does a much better job though, because it relies on security through compartmentalization, not security through correctness.


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gruezyesterday at 3:36 PM

The problem with that is it runs on a desktop, which means very little in the way of protection against physical attacks. You might be safe from Mossad trying to hack you from half way across the world, but you're not safe from someone doing an evil maid attack, or from seizing it and bruteforcing the FDE password (assuming you didn't set a 20 random character password).

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