Will ParanoidLinux Protect the Truly Paranoid?

ruphus13 writes "There are still places on the world where having anonymity might mean the difference between life and death. Covering one's tracks is considered to be of such paramount importance that we are now witnessing the rise of a Linux distro catering to the most paranoid. The 'alpha-alpha' version of ParanoidLinux is now out. But is this the best way to protect oneself? Couldn't it be easily circumvented? The article asks, 'Why is it necessary to put the applications and services designed to protect anonymity, to encrypt files, to make the user nameless and faceless, all together, in one distribution? Let's think in a truly paranoid manner. Wouldn't it be far easier for a nefarious government organization to target that distribution's repositories, mirror that singular distribution's disk images with files of its own design, and leave every last one of that distribution's users in the great wide open?' What should truly paranoid user do?"

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Based on an idea from Cory's book

[Phyrexicaid]

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow uses this idea (and name), and the distro was started based on that.

Re:Suggestion

[presidenteloco]

Just because you're paranoid
doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

Remember, this is the same "they" that
are responsible for every negative thing
that affects you. They are very powerful,
and pretty much omniscient, and although
you are boring, they are not bored
observing and foiling your every move.