🦑What is Whonix :
Whonix is a Linux-based operating system focused on anonymity and security. It is designed to hide the user's IP address/location and uses the Tor network to anonymize data traffic. This means that the server being accessed and the Tor network operators cannot easily determine which sites are being visited or the user's physical location.
🦑 What to choose: Whonix, Tails, Tor Browser :
1️⃣Whonix is not the only operating system for anonymity. Another analog is Tails. Like Whonix, Tails also uses Tor, so the question may be: is Tor better than the Tor browser?
2️⃣ Choosing a tool for anonymity is more dependent on your needs.
3️⃣Tor browser will be enough if you want to bypass site blocking or want to hide your IP address in non-critical situations.
4️⃣The Tails operating system is designed for situations where it is not only critical to maintain anonymity, but also in the case of physical seizure of a computer, making it impossible to collect evidence. For this, for example, in Tails, it is impossible to save files other than on specially created encrypted storage. Program and operating system settings, as well as the history of any activity, are also not saved by default. To enable this, you need to read the instructions - safely, but not conveniently. In practice, many users do not need such measures. See also the Tails Guide
5️⃣Whonix focuses on ensuring anonymity - in fact, Whonix is broken down into 2 operating systems. One of them is a gateway through which Internet access is performed. And the second is a workstation. Thanks to this approach, even if the workstation is hacked and the attacker has a superuser password from it, it will be impossible to find out the user's IP address. This is achieved by the fact that the Whonix workstation in the properties of the virtual machine is configured to access the Internet only through the gateway - these settings cannot be changed from the virtual machine. Therefore, even if a hacker can change the settings inside Whonix, the maximum that he can achieve is to spoil the settings and make it impossible to access the Internet, but not to compromise IP.
6️⃣At the same time, you can work and save files in Whonix as in any ordinary operating system. That is, Whonix is aimed at anonymity, but not at counteracting the collection of electronic evidence.
🦑What version of Whonix to download
> To run Whonix, you need a free program for working with virtual machines - VirtualBox.
> To broaden your horizons, the VirtualBox Manual is recommended. At a minimum, read about installing this program on your operating system:
1) Install VirtualBox on Windows/Linux
2) Go to the Whonix download page on the official website: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Download
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