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Does there exist a clearnet-incapable OS? (infosec.pub)

submitted 16 hours ago by daveyOsborn@infosec.pub to c/tor@infosec.pub

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I need this for political/activist purposes. When a public service blocks Tor, I want to be able to say that the public service marginalises/disservices ppl on some platforms.

My first thought was Qubes OS, because it can be setup as a Tor-only platform. The flaw of course is that users can configure it either way. So the public service would argue that it was the user’s choice to configure it to not use clearnet. If an OS were to operate purely on anonymous networks with no direct clearnet access, this would have some niche applications for activism.

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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Tails?

Tor for everything

Everything you do on the Internet from Tails goes through the Tor network. Tor encrypts and anonymizes your connection by passing it through 3 relays. Relays are servers operated by different people and organizations around the world.

https://tails.net/about/index.en.html

https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/why/index.en.html

[–] daveyOsborn@infosec.pub 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Tails worked on clearnet, last time I used it. It gave a choice between tor browser or a clearnet browser.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

The current description of Tails seems to say the opposite. They say ALL traffic goes through Tor. And only the Tor Browser is installed.

[–] daveyOsborn@infosec.pub 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

thanks for pointing that out. I’ll have take look at their most recent version then.

[–] theit8514@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

IIRC there is a non-tor browser, which is included for things like logging in to wifi captive portals. Not sure I understand exactly what you're after but you can uninstall the package if needed.