[Whonix-users] Goodbye

Wed Apr 29 21:24:57 CEST 2015

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Hello everyone,

I have decided to bring my role with Qubes + Whonix to a close.

I am sensing a growing divergence of values within the project that make 
my investment of effort better spent on other platforms long-term.

I kicked off the Qubes + Whonix project in July of 2014 with the hope it 
could become a strong freedom tool.

Qubes is great as a general security platform.

Whonix is great as a general anonymity platform.

Qubes + Whonix was to combine the two and be a great security + 
anonymity platform.

Qubes + Whonix is generally still a great tool, but the project now 
seems oriented towards being developed as more of a cool tech product, 
compared to a serious freedom tool.

Others involved may disagree with that assessment, or hold other views, 
but that's okay.

The greater freedom objective of security + anonymity tools is too 
important to me, for taking casually or cutting fundamental corners 
with.

My opinion is independent of the primary Qubes or Whonix projects, and 
only relevant to the current Qubes + Whonix sub-project.

I think it will just be too much of an uphill battle for me to try and 
direct the Qubes + Whonix project towards the desired philosophy of 
development.

So my motivation is undermined by the diminished ability to realize such 
a freedom-centric vision for Qubes + Whonix.

It is hard for people to take the protection of freedom seriously when 
they perceive it as an inherent given of modern times.

But I think Qubes and Whonix will generally do good together and many 
users will continue to reap the relative benefits of the two together.

I plan to continue being a user myself, until I discover or launch the 
next project that can move interested people towards freedom-focused 
security + anonymity.

My apologies for the abrupt notice and any unfinished work as a result 
of this transition.

I've enjoyed the last year working with the people in the Qubes and 
Whonix communities.

Best wishes to you all! :)

Goodbye,

WhonixQubes

Email: whonixqubes {at} riseup {dot} net

GitHub: https://github.com/WhonixQubes

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