Secure OS for High-Threat Scenarios
Replaces: Standard OS for sensitive work
Use Tails or Qubes OS for compartmentalized, amnesic computing when facing targeted surveillance or sensitive work.
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Phase
Major Lifestyle Migration — high commitment, disruptive
General
Tails OS (amnesic, boots from USB, leaves no trace on hardware, all traffic through Tor) or Qubes OS (compartmentalized, each activity in isolated VM, very high security but steep learning curve). For journalists, activists, people facing targeted surveillance.