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  • Re: PlugOS vs. Tails OS - Rethinking Portable Privacy Systems

    From Dead Drop@DeadDrop@Secret.Comms.ORG to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Fri Mar 20 23:08:31 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Does it automatically update the software when plugged in?


    I don't know, have to see once the device has been arrived.


    You bought this and you don't know if it updates???

    I have had a god look at this and I think it's a complete waste of $200 when the trusted fail-safe Tails is out there!

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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.cypherpunks,alt.privacy.anon-server,sci.crypt on Sat Mar 21 05:04:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    On 20 Mar 2026, Dead Drop <DeadDrop@Secret.Comms.ORG> posted some news:34675db28e7011c81bed419e02272d71@usenet.invalid:

    Does it automatically update the software when plugged in?


    I don't know, have to see once the device has been arrived.


    You bought this and you don't know if it updates???

    I have had a god look at this and I think it's a complete waste of
    $200 when the trusted fail-safe Tails is out there!

    I have some of these. Gig connections LAN / WAN. Open source, work great.

    https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-sft1200/

    Two I use for sandboxes to isolate work equipment and homelab from the
    home network. The other I use for road travel and temporary site work
    with a WAN port android phone Ethernet hotspot. I use a USB GB Ethernet adapter instead of the USB. The phone connection gets about 650 Mbps
    down, 50-75 Mbps up depending on area.

    Bonus, the router has Tor built into it that can be turned on for all
    traffic. It tells you what won't work when you do that, but if you use
    Tor, you know it anyway.

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  • From Stefan Claas@noreply@oc2mx.net to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Sat Mar 21 05:39:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Dead Drop wrote:
    Does it automatically update the software when plugged in?


    I don't know, have to see once the device has been arrived.


    You bought this and you don't know if it updates???

    Yes...

    I have had a god look at this and I think it's a complete waste of $200 when the trusted fail-safe Tails is out there!

    I am using Tails as well and like it. The drawback with Tails is that
    you can't switch between Tails/Windows, for copy/paste etc., like you
    can do with Whonix and you can't boot it in an Internet Caf|- or public library.

    Hence the reason why I choose to have a hardware based sandbox with
    PlugOS, which IMHO looks very promising.
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  • From Gabx@gabx@victor.virebent to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Thu Mar 26 18:45:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Great article IMHO.

    Can't wait till my device arrives...

    https://plugos.net/blog/2025/04/11/plugos-vs-tails.html


    Great device .
    +1000
    Regards

    Gabx

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  • From Stefan Claas@ch1ffr3punk@mix.nym to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Thu Mar 26 19:42:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Gabx wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Great article IMHO.

    Can't wait till my device arrives...

    https://plugos.net/blog/2025/04/11/plugos-vs-tails.html


    Great device .
    +1000

    Indeed! :-) Here is a screenshot of the Android device under
    Windows 11, so that PlugMate can be used in an Internet Caf|-
    too, for anonymous mailing etc. :-) It arrived yesterday.

    https://jmp.sh/LpBPc8ki

    Best regards
    Stefan
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  • From Gabx@gabx@victor.virebent to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Fri Mar 27 00:31:41 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Stefan Claas wrote:
    Gabx wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Great article IMHO.

    Can't wait till my device arrives...

    https://plugos.net/blog/2025/04/11/plugos-vs-tails.html


    Great device .
    +1000

    Indeed! :-) Here is a screenshot of the Android device under
    Windows 11, so that PlugMate can be used in an Internet Cafo
    too, for anonymous mailing etc. :-) It arrived yesterday.

    Not even expensive !

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  • From Stefan Claas@ch1ffr3punk@mix.nym to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.cypherpunks,sci.crypt on Thu Mar 26 23:33:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: sci.crypt

    Gabx wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:
    Gabx wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    Great article IMHO.

    Can't wait till my device arrives...

    https://plugos.net/blog/2025/04/11/plugos-vs-tails.html


    Great device .
    +1000

    Indeed! :-) Here is a screenshot of the Android device under
    Windows 11, so that PlugMate can be used in an Internet Caf|-
    too, for anonymous mailing etc. :-) It arrived yesterday.

    Not even expensive !


    Yes, I think the price/performance for such a device is really good.

    Regards
    Stefan
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