Just how important is it to not use Windows? : OpSec | Torhoo darknet markets

its the most used OS in the world & its closed source, you think those greedy & corrupt fucks in the US government don't have a backdoor?

The answer is, we don't know what can be done with Windows. We don't even know if Tor Browser is safe on Windows. We don't know because Windows is proprietary software that monitors and reports a wide variety of data about the user, the computer, and the software. How much it reports is unknown. We don't know of any backdoors used by LE, but TLA's might have some they don't publicize.

Your best bet is to use Tails as a beginner on the DN. Read the DNM Bible at /d/dnmbible if you haven't already read it. It'll teach you about Tails, and Tor, and PGP, and a host of other opsec issues for beginners.

You just can't trust it, also unless you're running otf encryption through truecrypt all of your data is literally just out there (same goes for linux but I trust LUKS)

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Windows has a keylogger and sends your decryption key when you install it for the first time

Change your post question to "Just how important is it to not use proprietary software"? And that makes a better discussion.


Windows shaming is a very easy target. If your OS is compromised, you have no security or privacy. Please see the following two links for more information:

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.html

https://stallman.org/microsoft.html

Note they only have summaries and you need to click further links and read articles to have more information.


And this has many more links to general problems with proprietary software and to specific popular products and the megacorporations that release them:

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.html

The feds can still read the data from your pc without your Windows password. Use software like VeraCrypt for encrypting your data.
If you mean your Microsoft account you can be certain that they will get access to all its data at their own request