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Originally Posted by adultmobile
Had you ever browsed the linux (or BSD's) source codes. It is full of /* FIXME: */ and /* TODO */ comments, quite scary. Lots .c's are dated 1993 and untouched since. There's sure space for bugs exploits, that's daily. I was just saying, the "average guy" can easily use whonix system for a decent result. As well as tor bundle browser is for the masses even more. Also to return to the VPN for payment topic, makes VPN's less worth a buy.
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Just because code is old doesn't mean it has more security holes.
I trust open source software far more than some closed source blob like Windows or OSX
(Yes, I know that *some parts* of OSX are open. It's the closed parts that scare me.)
I remember reading parts of the Linux kernel in 1998 and seeing a lot of todo/fixme/"should this even be here" type comments. That's why I went over to the BSDs. The source was far more mature.
Look at the security track record of OpenBSD for example. It blows most other OSes out of the water. Sure, it has very limited features but it's awesome for a router/torifyed router.
The Tor bundle and the one you mention lower the technical skills required to browse anonymously, but at the expense of a little bit of security.
The biggest problem with VPN is that people buy them for the wrong reasons. They don't fully understand how they work and are sold on an illusion of privacy. That was more or less what I was getting at originally.
