10-10-07 06:13 AM
Non scrivetemi wrote:
> "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmas...@remailer.privacy.at>
> Message-ID: < 58a6974a892a01d637c0a6c8afad0d6e@remaile
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> Sometimes I feel sorry for Windows users though....
>
> Vista sucks for remailers. There is on freeware encyption you can
> use,JBN and Quicksilver do not work. I have to use web based remailers.
Vista sucks period. It's probably the single most screwed up OS release
in the history of mankind, and one of the most embarrassing things a
major retailer has done since Western Digital shipped palates of hard
drives with boot sector viruses preinstalled. JBN/QS aren't the only
things that won't work with Vista, and it's not limited to software
either.
Windows in general sucks for people trying to remain anonymous because
one of its design parameters is to collect information about
everything you do and hand it to a third party who can use it for
"marketing research". Sure, there's a couple decent clients available
to make using remailers easier, and for some people it's the only way
they can sort it out. But "easy" and "doesn't suck" are often not the
same thing.
Mixmaster itself is a fine remailer client if you're not running it
under a crippled OS. On Linux boxes there's no need for any sort of GUI
client software because things work the way they're suppose to. You
have many options, from Mixmaster itself, to clients with more or less
native support, to simple pipes and scripts that glue almost any client
to Mixmaster/GnuPG, to installing Mixmaster as a full blown private
server alongside an MTA that feeds messages to the remailer network
directly.
Not to mention the fact that Linux is just more stable and secure
overall....
I honestly don't understand why anyone whose serious about their
privacy would still be running Windows of any flavor. Haven't we seen
enough carnage cause by huge, gaping holes in that OS? And Linux is
actually easier to install, set up, and maintain than Windows is these
days. The mainstream distrobutions ask fewer questions at install time,
install proper "drivers" by default, include most of the things you
need for typical computing tasks. and have centralized *secure*
repositories from which to get extra software when you do need it. And
updates for vulnerabilities don't take years to appear.
> Looking to buy new Dell with Lunix.
Super! I'm so glad Dell decided to get fully behind a Linux line. It's
a real shot in the arm to the computing population in general, let
alone a good thing for Linux.
Go with Ubuntu if they have an option (last I heard Fedora was also
available). The Ubuntu community is a massive resource to draw on for
support. ;-)
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