I guess ever since I had a stingray deployed on me a few years back I become a little obsessed with computer and phone security and privacy! I use a dual boot laptop with Windows and Kali Linux. I also have Tails on a USB stick for extra security and privacy for when I travel, use the library or any public computer. Sometimes I like to set up my own hotspot with my Alfa network card especially if I am staying at a hotel or using free Wifi that I don't fully trust. This network card is amazing and has great range. I bought mine from Amazon and you can read more about it here: Alfa AWUS036NHA Wireless USB Adaptor
The adapter isn't a necessary tool to have but it helps and at the time the Feds and police told me they accidentally used a 'Stingray' on me and my family things were never the same as far as securing everything around us. I am also not naive and I know that if they want to see what I am doing, they can. At least I can make it harder for them to do so and I don't like the argument "I have nothing to hide so I don't care if they spy on me" That's what the media has conditioned people to say and that is not the point, the point is my right to self-privacy. We all should decide when and how we want to share something and when we don't.
If you want to learn or download Tails here is more info https://tails.boum.org/
Tails is a bland system which is configured for anonymity and uses Tor to hide your IP address. Some more pros are its very simple to use, you can boot it from a USB and it leaves no trace of your activity (no logs, no bash commands, no browser history, etc). Another great feature is if your USB stick ever gets lost or compromised, there is no personal information on the drive and nothing is lost.
I was reading that Edward Snowden used Tails at the time he was communicating with journalists to get his information out. (Does it make it any safer, No. Just thought this was an interesting fact.
There are other good OS systems for security and privacy to choose from like WHONIX and CUBES but for me, at the moment I am comfortable with Tails especially if I don't want to leave any trace. If I am worried about IP leaks then I would download and integrate Whonix with Kali Linux. I am also not a hacker so I don't need all the fancy pen testing tools that Kali comes with! Even though it is fun to run 'wifite' and see who still uses WEP encryption in my area. LOL
My question to those who use Ubuntu- is it basically the same as Kali except for the penTesting tools? Would it be safe to say the Ubuntu is more of a general all purpose OS? I have learned the basic commands on Kali Linux and if I wanted to switch to Ubuntu are the commands basically the same? I see a lot of people on here use Ubuntu to run their witness nodes. So I am sure someone can answer my question!
I hope to one day write the entire story about the Feds using a stingray on me and bugging all of our phones and computer and then telling us it was an accident. It will be a long read and probably a 3 or 4 part post!
If you got this far thanks for reading and have a good night 💤
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