Long Wiki Edit Thread

Sure I should start maintaining pages to share the work load. Any other pages I can help out with? Let me know and I"ll add my name to all of them. :slight_smile:

I agree, the only issue is the code blocks take up to much room? Maybe a separate template with onionized repository code blocks. Add link to this template → 2. Cut and paste the following text (code select style) ?

Edit: Pushed a minor change to onionizing repositories.

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Onionizing_Repositories&diff=37306&oldid=37243

Btw @torjunkie the edits on that page look great! As usual. :wink:

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Done. Maybe we can add you to Multiple Whonix-Workstations and Tor Entry Guards for a start? Anything else you want to.

@Patrick

OK - this was harder than I thought in Qubes-Whonix (trying to get key into non-networked debian-9-tor template VM). This works (ripping off 0brand’s instructions :slight_smile: )

Only downside is Tor Browser is updated over clearnet by Debian AppVM, but it is persistent after AppVM is closed.

Qubes-Whonix Instructions

In anon-whonix

1. Add the Whonix signing key, run in anon-whonix

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver jirk5u4osbsr34t5.onion --recv-keys 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA

2. To display the fingerprint

sudo apt-key adv --fingerprint 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA

3. Compare the fingerprint to the one here (or somewhere better?):

Whonix ™ Signing Key

4. Copy the Whonix signing key to a temporary file whonix.key

sudo apt-key export 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA > /tmp/whonix.key

5. In anon-whonix, copy the whonix.key text file over to debian-9-tor template (especially cloned just for Tor Browser install in non-Whonix)

qvm-copy /tmp/whonix.key debian-9-tor

In debian-9-tor Template VM

1. In debian-9-tor, add the Whonix signing key to the list of trusted keys.

sudo apt-key add ~/QubesIncoming/anon-whonix/whonix.key

2. Add Whonix’s APT repository.

echo “deb http://deb.whonix.org stretch main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

3. Update your package lists.

sudo apt-get update

4. Install tb-updater.

sudo apt-get install tb-updater

(It will install, but fail to download due to non-networked TemplateVM)

5. Create AppVM based on debian-9-tor TemplateVM

6. Run “update-torbrowser” in AppVM Konsole to download TBB

7. Launch Tor Browser and check it is functional.

Yah! :smile:

Non-Qubes-Whonix Instructions

I presume non-Qubes-Whonix users using Linux host can just run your normal instructions i.e. steps 1 - 4 →

GitHub - Kicksecure/tb-updater: Tor Browser Downloader - Automates download and verification of Tor Browser from The Tor Project's website. This package is produced independently of, and carries no guarantee from, The Tor Project.

1. Add Whonix’s Signing Key.

sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/whonix.gpg adv --keyserver hkp://ipv4.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 916B8D99C38EAF5E8ADC7A2A8D66066A2EEACCDA

2. Add Whonix’s APT repository.

echo “deb http://deb.whonix.org stretch main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/whonix.list

3. Update your package lists.

sudo apt-get update

4. Install tb-updater.

sudo apt-get install tb-updater

If this is all good, I’ll add to the wiki (where?).

PS I have dibs on the 1000th post :tada: :wink:

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Sounds good. Also Qubes DispVMs, Manually Downloading Tor Browser and I’ll add more as I go.

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Looks good but could you please use (and adjust inf needed) these wiki templates?

Related:

Could you review these ones please? @HulaHoop


Regarding Wiki History there is one nit. It references sott.net.

I am aware there is:

  • a) “fake fake news” - actually real news which someone else calls fake news because they don’t like or at least not an obvious fake, just matter of opinion
  • b) “real fake news” - straight made up disinformation trolling, nonsense

If I remember right, I used to see sott.net being “fake fake news”. They have stories like this:

Kremlin-funded study shows Obama is a space lizard
https://www.sott.net/article/292336-Kremlin-funded-study-shows-Obama-is-a-space-lizard

Perhaps that’s from category fun?

But maybe I don’t understand sott.net. If it’s similar to reddit with user generated content then such posts wouldn’t discredit whole reddit. Perhaps a better source to back that claim up?

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Fixed →
http://dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Install_Tor_Browser_Outside_of_Whonix

(didn’t realize that would publish right away - please check its okay).

The templates didn’t neatly fit, so thought it best to get the content done and template edits can comer later on. Qubes method steps are anonymous now too.

Fixed.

Can the page name
Install Tor Browser on Debian, Kicksecure or Qubes using Tor Browser Downloader (by Whonix developers) be
improved? That’s a very Whonix view on it. Would be better to somehow
frame it in a way users are interested in this.

(Also Whonix Packages for Debian Hosts and Whonix Host Enhancements is
not an idea any user would get usually. Ideally we had standalone
websites for each project addressing users generally without much
reference to Whonix/Tor.

Not sure - I’ll have to think about it.

So, once all those old anchors are done & HulaHoop’s kernel upgrade instructions are finished, back to link fixes and other stuff.

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Do we have links to these somewhere? Good place to add?

add it to the appvm&template (i do to save headache) , but on the same time its breakable not really very stable. so its better to wait for the upstream to push that into the repository.

Input needed:

mediawiki fixes - Phabricator to Discourse Forums Migration - Phabricator Tickets - Whonix Forum - making progress.

  • stroke through text in the original ticket means fixed as far as I can tell - please verify.
  • Not yet stroke through text in the original ticket means not yet solved or still under review (such as above), see also ticket discussion.
  • Please do not report new issues in that ticket for organizational reasons. Please create a new ticket or raise them here.
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What is the complete Firejail launch command you are using in terminal? Can you post the whole line here please (i.e. including Tor Browser profile etc inclusion in that command)?

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We do now. :slight_smile:

I’m sure there are other pages that these links could be added to.

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I nitpicked that software page and inserted a link you meant to put in there?

b) Is far better.

The one thing about bullet points is if I write something like -

blahblahblah:

  • point 1
  • point 2
  • point 3

Write conclusion here…

Then I expect the whitespace between blahblahblah and point 1 & the whitespace between point 3 & “Write conclusion here” to be equidistant & they’re not (easy fix?)

The other annoying problem is following an info or warning box, we still need two carriage returns (Enter key x2), so it is not squished against the following text. So whatever the normal spacing is needs to be fixed there (the text before an info/warning box is fine - has enough space)

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mediawiki fixes #2

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Thank you!

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Manually Installing Tor Browser → Fixed

Should be easier now for Whonix & non-Whonix users to manually download Tor Browser (in theory).

PS Not stepping on your toes 0brand (since you are maintainer there), but it linked from that new page I did and I just have to edit shit that is annoying me.

And that is basically 65% of the rest of the main doc pages. Figure we’ll be done in 2020 sometime at current rate and I can retire after another 15 state-sponsored hacks – only problem is I’ll be on the no-fly list by then :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Holy shit the wiki is suddenly looking very sexy! Good job Hutchy and Patrick and anybody else involved!

One other nit, is do you notice with blockquotes that if we embed a link in there (see the quote in this section for example), you have extra white space next to the embedded link?

http://www.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbeyds25rbsgr73tbfpqpt4a6vjwsyd.onion/wiki/Data_Collection_Techniques#HTML5_Canvas_Image_Data

Weird right?

Can the maestro also fix that? :slight_smile:

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Looks good changes admitted. I went ahead and removed the recommendation for using pwgen for passwords since its not a secure choice for true entropy.

Changes rejected. Overly redundant and gives the impression that the project is anti-LE which we are not. However in the name of facts you can point to edwardsnowden.com which is a database of all released docs and will get the point across.

Aside: The page needs to be a lot more concise and give more relevant arguments for importance of anonymity to individuals rather abstractions or laundry list of abuses.

https://www.quora.com/Is-sott-net-signs-of-the-times-a-scam-website-How-reliable-are-its-news-articles

https://thecasswiki.net/index.php?title=Signs_of_the_Times

It’s a volunteer led news aggregator site that covers everything from everyday topics to UFO/Alien stuff. It’s about mirroring news rather than creating original content. There is no single agenda or political direction for the site.

So while its not real fake news, its not really a reliable info source.

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