This is the operating system Edward Snowden recommends 

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Tails and QubesOS are two of the choices of Snowden, without 3 minutes of padding.

People: Wants privacy Also people: Uses FACEBOOK

NSA got nothin' on me. I still use my abacus and pigeons with a Morse code overlay. It's pretty secure AF.

I recommend Windows Vista. If Microsoft and Users can't get it to run properly, fat-chance anyone else could.

Ed Snowden should be pardoned by the President. He did the country a service by blowing the whistle.

TLDR: He used tails (which stays on a thumbdrive) and then QubesOS (which sandboxes programs in color-coded cubes)

"The operating systems most people use every day today aren't really geared towards privacy." Understatement of the century lol! xD

If you want more security don’t expect convenience.

Protecting User Privacy has never been a priority for Microsoft. For decades, they actively worked with law enforcement to help them mine data off of users PCs. The documents exposing this have been out on the internet for a long time... When a corporation says they "Value your privacy" it doesn't mean what you think it means. What they are actually saying is they see a value in violating your privacy. If you ACTUALLY READ a "privacy statement" you'll find it's simply a detailed explanation of all the ways they intend to violate your privacy. Not a list of all the measures they will take to protect it.

"I recommend TempleOS" - Edward Snowden, 2020

Yes, now I can write my SandersXTrump fanfiction without FBI snooping. Read that Agent Smith? You have to wait untill I publish it like everyone else.

Just 30 min ago I was reading the case of him in a ppt uploaded by my teacher.I didn't even search him and suddenly got this video in recommended.Talk about privacy.

Short answer: _Linux_ Long answer: _L I N U X_

Good advice indeed. Mindset is very important: "it is NOT okay to steal my private information, you should NOT want to be a thief". Say that to everyone especially your government and the Big Tech companies.

Summary : According to this video, Edward Snowdon recommends Tails and QubeOS

Well done for making this video mate. We need all the education we can get and that you can also provide...Top notch mate !!!

I recommend a Commodore VIC-20 with BASIC

You earned my subscription with that video. That's gold, friend. Well done.

Thanks very much for this very informative video,I shall be using qubes from now on. Happy New Year

I had Qubes on an old laptop half a decade back, and I have to say it's a surprisingly stable system.

Great job on the video! Direct, simple to understand and not too long. Perfect. Keep up the good work.

This video was in my recommended. You have just earned a new subscriber :)

Much Thanks for sharing You architecture insight!

Halfway into the video, I was already downloading Tails with the intent to install it onto one of my many empty USB storage devices. It sounds like it'd be a useful thing when out and about and in need of using someone else's machine for a little bit. And plus it shares the name of one of my favorite video game characters so hey, how could I not?

If you use same roads, makes no difference what car you drive.

Great content. And the animation you use are so smooth. Could we hope for a qube os noob guide ? I tried before but it needs specific hardware . Also what is your opinion about parrot os? It has many tools for privacy and comes with apparmor and firejail for security . Thanks.

My suggestion is to use local resources and internet resources separately . Lan networks was more original and interesting way to communicate between close range of the users

Qubes is such a smart pick for privacy and security. It needs a beefy device though. Plus, Whonix, a Debian-based Linux distro that routes all traffic through Tor, works very well in conjunction with Qubes, as Whonix was designed to work best inside a Virtual Machine and Qubes has a focus on those.

MacOS has had windows10 like data collection since 2018. Ubuntu has data collection as well, although not as extreme as the other 2, but it's definitely no longer an option for people who give half a shit about privacy. Tails is a great 'disposable' os, something to use when you want to do something and you want to ensure that nobody can track you down (it's not as simple as it sounds though, tails OS by itself isn't enough for this, it's just a good foundation to start from), but it is not viable as a daily driver. QubesOS unlike tails is viable for use as a daily driver, but it has some major downsides that may keep people off it; first off, due to it's nature of security through compartmentalization, and compartmentalization through virtualization, the OS is designed to run multiple virtual machines to compartmentalize your use, if used correctly it is possibly the most secure operating system in the world. The downside however is that it's very resource intensive, every VM is a drain on your CPU and RAM, so it requires a powerful CPU and a sizable amount of RAM to use effectively, also the VMs have no hardware accelerated video support, this means that watching videos in QubesOS is effectively not really an option, it's just not gonna work, naturally in the same vein, gaming is also not an option and a lot of professional tasks are unavailable as well. QubesOS is for the ultra-paranoid security extremists, it's too much for most users due to it's limitations, it's security without compromise, but unfortunately that lack of compromises also means that the user is not actually given a choice if they are willing to accept such compromises (like enabling hardware acceleration...) and makes it just not a feasible OS for anyone that's not doing extremely sensitive work. I could see something like this used internally by entities like military and spy agencies, but not even the most paranoid government office is likely to be willing to go this far (in fact most of them are not even willing to leave windows :| which is quite the disgrace)

The video is great, thank you. However I am baffled how this "privacy" thing is so common to hear. People: companies do not effectively save data to see what YOU personally do, they look at what a USER is doing. Most of it is Telemetric data, stuff like uptime, runnig applications, what when and why, but unless you commit crime nobody is really interested what you do. The money (payload) for them is not your personal life, the money for them are for mapping user habits and routines and performance data. Also, don't overrate your privacy because if you completely isolate yourself and follow "Snowden's advice" you pretty much will hate the internet, cuz you are not to login or register any accounts using these OSs, the connection will be painstakingly slow, forget javascript or any dynamic content, forget youtube, you can pretty much browse on old-modem like speeds. True, it will be private that is 100%, but keep in mind that your cellphone and your irl behaviour gives you away in a second, forget bankcards, forget cellphones, forget transfers. Real "privacy" is like when a bankrobber or a spy is hiding. You pretty much shoot yourself in the foot by wanting "so much" privacy. Be safe instead! Use a VPN, used a protected DNS, use protected Proxies, use a strong and known Password manager, like KeePass for offline, or BitWarden for online (open source stuff for transparency), register for ProtonMail for added security for emails. Create long passwords - better even, passphrases - at least 20 characters (I know 10-12 is the jam now but more never hurts, look up enthropy), password lock your computer and devices, refrain from biometric IDs or motives, encrypt them if you can, buy yourself an external authenticator key like Yubikey, and/or use mobile authenticator apps or devices. If you want to pay for extra safety at any of these services, I ran the numbers, expect about 50-100 $ upkeep for your privacy/ month! (VPN, ProtonMail, cloud storage, software licences, Proxy) Or just use free services from Google and enjoy your life. 99,99999% will never have any privacy issues anyway. Just keep your passwords safe and long (20 chars, always different everywhere and use a password manager) and use a VPN. That is already more than what most do. Otherwise the only thing you will ever experience of this "intrusion on your privacy" is targeted ads, which I love because why the hell would I want to buy diapers, when i am not interested and don't need any, I want to be shown stuff I actually might wanna buy. I know people who tell me they want control over their data, but fail to do even the first of the above. Annoying is what this is. Btw, I am working on becoming an IT security specialist, I did a lot of research on the topic, and I may not know everything, but I am not much wrong in what I said. I do the same, so far I never had any problems.

thanks brother i am gonna enter deepen to these electronic technology to know more about what it is work.

Awesome work fitting that info in less than 5 mins.

Tails has a specific purpose. Qubes is intended to from disk not USB. He didn't just say he switched because Qubes has better security.

Tails: for buying druggz off the darknet. Cubes: for selling druggz on the darknet. 😂

So, Edward Snowden doesn't fall for Apple's marketing about privacy?

good video ... thanks ... i have many usb sticks which i had intended to use as live os ... but problem is they all look alike ... so i guess solution is a storage appliance in which i can store them with written reminder about what is in them ... any recommendation for such or any other type of product?

*Using Tails Linux to see just how much dark material it will take to hear a loud knock at your door, and how fast it happens*

CubesOs sounds really cool, imma give that a try in a vm to see how it goes. Maybe even dual boot my laptop into it

My wife asked me why I was whispering at home. I said I was worried that Mark Zuckerberg was listening. She laughed. I laughed. Alexa laughed. Siri laughed. We all laughed.

God bless Edward Snowden. Full support for you bro!!!! Thanks for opening eyes to normal and honest people. You do a good thing.

I must say that the vocalizations of the narrator bring to my mind the iconoclastic director Werner Herzog. It is, in a way as if the great man himself were giving me an assessment of tools to be used in the realm of internet security. I don't need to tell you that to the average person this is both thrilling and soul-shakingly disturbing on a primal, reptile level. Internet security has become the stuff of nightmares to me, and now Herzog haunts my dreams.

Qubes OS runs on systemd, There's a reason why Snowden's comment is four years old.

whonix is another great operating system. Prob better for the average person as it's a virtual machine, so you can try it out without changing your operating system. It's also easier to use and less resource-intensive.

TY for the Info.

Great video. Direct, relevant, practical, and concise. Thanks.

"TempleOS is the best, other systems sucks" ~Snowden 2020

Thank you. ⭐️

Tinfoil Hat Linux (THL) was a paranoid overkill secure OS. It was entirely ecrypted runcode in volatile memory, every module was isolated and hardened, every parameter and input and output between modules was exhaustively filtered and interrogated. Such an ancient (circa-2002) linux distro wouldn't be very useful today, but it was fully opensource and probably inspired systems like TAILS and QUBES.

I think, this is a great vid. Yet in my opinion a linux distro which makes u comfortable with hardening it should be useful and secure. And if I wanna do some privacy stuffs go on an one-time use OS or a VM. To be safe and secure depends on what environment u are in, I think. Like in my country I don't have to use VPN to download stuffs from torrents. And If ya wanna perform some attacks and don't wanna get logged ur IP then never attack from home that's way more safer than Tor. 😁 What to use... that's the one depends on what environment u are in, what the situation says, how much can u do something before ya get spied, how do u interact with it and so on that's why I love about the four point process, when it comes to security.

if they want you, they'll get you. end of story...

Muchas gracias, tu información es muy valiosa. Considerare el uso de QubesOS.

Uh, last think I heard about Tor was that the various governments' agencies had become the chief purveyors of exit and entry points, meaning that they basically can, working together, find out a lot of stuff that Tor was supposed to shield.

GrapheneOS (heavily hardened android) has also been recommended by Snowden in the past for phone users, with the obvious caveat that it doesn't stop the inherently insecure nature of cell services.

I Recommend Windows 10. Installed it on a brand new laptop 3 years ago. I am still waiting for it to finish upgrading. Not a spy in the world that can get past that!!! BTW! anyone interested in buying a laptop. Only been used once...almost...

Qubes OS is very powerful. Tails is simpler (and probably easier to secure). Both are worth looking at.

linux-Parrot Security OS based in Italy is very good for privacy and security. It has an AnonSurv GUI that you can setup to launch at boot which routes all traffic through TOR

Tails *is* a Linux distribution. So, calling it a separate OS would be a stretch. Qubes is built on Linux, but of course, with its heavy use of virtualisation techniques, it is more distinct, so, calling it a separate OS might have some justification

QubeOS is a super idea. But I've heard it have closed code components. And yeah. What are you thinking on openBSD in front of secure system?

Of this man one can say either supreme good or nothing! The good he has done has opened the eyes of most of the masses in the world, excluding us consecrated ones! Thanks Snowden, bow and respect!!!

The systems he reccomds are Tails and QuebesOS if anybody doesnt want to waste their time. He starts taking about Tails at 1:42 and QuebesOS at 2:51

Edward Snowden is a modern day hero. Change my mind

"The operating systems most people use every day today aren't really geared towards privacy." No, because the OS development companies concerned don't want them to be, they need to access our locations and internet traffic for advertising and commercial marketing revenues, and the odd bit of snooping, it's been like this since the 1980s!!!

Thank-you for your QUALITY CONTENT.

really good idea... I've got to try this

I just use a custom debian iso, with all my programs including tor ready to go on it

NSA's favorite operating system: Minix.

Great video!

Very and thank you

I recommend smoke signals in Maya slang

I was watching the animaniacs reboot and it was the pinky and the brain part. They talked to Edward Snowden and told his story and shit, but I didnt know if be was an actual person so I looked it up. Then one day later this pops in my recommendations but I used duckduckgo which is odd.

I'm glad we are taking OS recommendations from a SharePoint administrator.

I have been using Linux Mint with great satisfaction , I contribute from time to time

Tails is Debian based, and Qubes is Debian and Fedora based. In other words Linux. So Debian, and Linux _are_ recommended by Snowden after all. Also Qubes might be Linux and open source, but it still uses closed source proprietary blobs. So keep that in mind. Snowden recommended proprietary blobs.

I use Incognito Mode like a true hacker.

I been tinkerin about with linux for a few years now & being a groper of sand I like the Australian Distro PUPPY. Also isolated (Thumb Dive) & lightweight/fast az too!

I suppose they can access the computers with mains electricity with LINKY technology in France, it is the wifi carried by the electricity which supplies the electricity of the house.

Just make your own OS.

I used to use Qubes but then they made it a lot less compatible with various hardware setups, do I called it quits on qubes.

Ausgezeichnetes Video! Vielen Dank!

I'm pretty surprised open bsd isn't on the list. If you install it you have no network access at all, everything is blocked and you have to manually unblock every port.

Honestly, any linux distro is going to be safer than Windows or Mac. I am on a Linux distro right now. And it's an arc based linux.

The best secure operating systems will boot from a read-only optical disc (CD or DVD), making them completely impervious to malware. If you suspect the system has been attacked, shut down the computer, reboot, and the malware is gone. Unfortunately, most laptop computers being peddled in the last couple of years don't have an optical drive anymore, being nothing more than glorified notebook computers, so you will need to supply an external drive connected via a USB port. The next best thing would be a Flash USB thumb drive with a physical write-protect switch, but they are hard to find in stores and one may need to order it from an online seller.

BB10 security was another level: each application was separated from the others because the "main" kernel was launching each of them with a new kernel ^^'

I will choose the OS the government recommends, just to be safe🥰

Disconnecting from the internet is an alternative too.

Hi my friend, Is there any keyboard app that you'd recommend to use to type in this operating system or to use anywhere for privacy?

I use this as main OS on all my computers and once discovered I migrate to it from Linux. I recomanded it as cyber security professionall to all knowlengable users. For all others whitout any computer expirience and all of these who use windows I can recomanded migrate to mac.

Plot twist, Edward Snowden is a high visibility plant getting You to use the operating systems 'They ' prefer.

Hint: If you use Tails to log into your normal accounts, you’re fucked. Under certain circumstances, you might be identified even while the datastream can’t be read by the NSA as far as we know.

Yes nearby locations could be found.

Very interesting information.

Snowden recommend LFS

Tor is only as secure as the exit nodes. In other words, not really secure.

Very good information, indeed, Mr. Herzog. Thanks.

Just found this video and got to know QubesOS for the first time. I am going to install it on my personals laptop replacing Mint. Let's see how it goes.

I run Tails in a VM on Debian that connects via VPN when I’m feeling paranoid.

If I wouldn't play games than i would definately switch to it

Great Thanks

what if we use install virtualbox inside tailes and use qubes inside of it