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| author | thing 1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz> | 2024-12-12 11:56:05 +0000 |
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| committer | thing 1 <thing1@seacrossedlovers.xyz> | 2024-12-12 11:56:05 +0000 |
| commit | ae3b44f860c15f00ab8865a5c939c298cd3602d8 (patch) | |
| tree | b63dae8e4f8ea4e380d42dbec611a2f3e1abecb4 /writeup | |
| parent | 3094f5b5b179aeb7c6bc706f85d254aa926aeaa5 (diff) | |
made a section for linux in why is free software prefered by privacy experts
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| -rw-r--r-- | writeup/ref.bib | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | writeup/writeup.tex | 7 |
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diff --git a/writeup/ref.bib b/writeup/ref.bib index 0c1e40e..1112df2 100644 --- a/writeup/ref.bib +++ b/writeup/ref.bib @@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ keywords = "Tor, privacy, networking" } +@online{TAILSOS, + title = "Tails OS", + url = "https://tails.net/", + addendum = "(accessed: 12/12/2024)", + keywords = "Tor, privacy, Operating sytems, linux, tails os" +} + +@online{KALIlinux, + title = "Tails OS", + url = "https://www.kali.org/", + addendum = "(accessed: 12/12/2024)", + keywords = "privacy, Operating sytems, linux, Kali linux, security" +} + @online{LESSIG, title = "Lessig on "Aaron's Laws - Law and Justice in a Digital Age", url = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HAw1i4gOU4", diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex index 79a0ae1..97097ee 100644 --- a/writeup/writeup.tex +++ b/writeup/writeup.tex @@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ \author{Lucas Standen} \title{Why are FOSS tools preferred in the development and privacy space?} - \begin{document} \maketitle @@ -319,6 +318,12 @@ This \textit{connection masking} as it is called, can be used to hide website tr traffic, to someone trying to spy on the user, they will never know where they are connecting too, how often they are connecting, or for how long. +Linux \textit{(GNU/Linux)}, as previously mentioned is a free and open source operating system, this is frequently used by privacy enthusiasts +as it has been vetted by countless individuals to ensure it contains no malicious code that could effect a users individual privacy. GNU/Linux +is split into many different distributions that are all individually maintained, some of them are designed for general use, while others are +meant for more specific use cases. All of them will be more private than non-free alternatives as they are so rigorously checked. Some privacy +specific ones exist such as tails OS\cite{TAILSOS}, and some are designed for more offensive privacy and security such as Kali Linux \cite{KALIlinux}. + \subsection{Why is this better for them?} \section{Where else is Free Software used and why?} \section{What's next for the Free Software space?} |