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@ -88,14 +88,15 @@ the other. Alice's setup looks like this:
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that things can be messy and disorganized *within* a qube while her overall
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digital life remains well-organized.
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- Several email qubes. Since Alice is a serious programmer, she likes to use a
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command-line mail client, so both her work and personal email qubes are based
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on a template with
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- Several email qubes. Since Alice is a command-line aficionado, she likes to
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use a terminal-based email client, so both her work and personal email qubes
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are based on a template with
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[Mutt](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/mutt.md)
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installed. The email qubes where she sends and receives PGP-signed and
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encrypted email access her PGP backend qube (more on that below). For
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security, she configured Mutt to open all attachments she receives in
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[disposable qubes](/doc/how-to-use-disposables/).
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encrypted email securely accesses the private keys in her PGP backend qube
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(more on that below). To guard against malicious attachments, she configured
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Mutt to open all attachment files in [disposable
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qubes](/doc/how-to-use-disposables/).
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- Several qubes for communication tools, like Signal, Slack, Zoom, Telegram,
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IRC, and Discord. This is where she teleconferences and chats with clients.
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@ -109,23 +110,30 @@ the other. Alice's setup looks like this:
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she claims; in reality, it's mostly for feuds over programming language
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superiority, Vim vs. Emacs wars, and tabs vs. spaces crusades).
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- A backend PGP vault. This offline qube holds her PGP code signing keys and is
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securely shared among several projects. Only the frontend qubes she
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explicitly authorizes have access to this qube, and even then, they only have
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access through the secure [Split GPG](/doc/split-gpg/) system so that her
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private keys aren't at risk.
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- A GPG backend vault. Vaults are completely offline qubes that are isolated
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from the network. This particular vault holds Alice's private keys (e.g., for
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code signing and email) and is securely accessed by several other "frontend"
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qubes via the [Split GPG](/doc/split-gpg/) system. Split GPG allows only the
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frontend qubes that Alice explicitly authorizes to have the ability to
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request PGP operations (e.g., signing and encryption) in the backend vault.
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Even then, no qube ever has direct access to Alice's private keys except the
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backend vault itself.
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- A password manager vault. This is where she runs her offline password manager
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for logging into everything.
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- A password manager vault. This is another completely offline,
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network-isolated qube where Alice uses her offline password manager to store
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all of her usernames and passwords. She uses the [secure copy and paste
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system](/doc/how-to-copy-and-paste-text/) to quickly copy credentials into
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other qubes whenever she needs to log into anything.
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- Personal qubes. One of the things Alice loves the most about Qubes is that
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she can use it for both work *and* personal stuff without having to worry
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about cross-contamination. Accordingly, she has several qubes that pertain to
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her personal life. For example, she has a vault that holds her medical
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documents, test results, and vaccination records. She has another vault for
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her government documents, birth certificate, scans of her passport, and so
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on. She also has some personal social media accounts in a separate qube for
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keeping up with family members and friends from school.
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her personal life. For example, she has an offline vault that holds her
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medical documents, test results, and vaccination records. She has another
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offline vault for her government documents, birth certificate, scans of her
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passport, and so on. She also has some personal social media accounts in a
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separate qube for keeping up with family members and friends from school.
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When she finishes her work for a given client, Alice sends off her
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deliverables, [backs up](/doc/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate/) the qubes
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@ -184,17 +192,17 @@ for work, which contains:
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desktop app is installed). One is linked to his work mobile number for
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communicating with co-workers. The other is a public number that serves as
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another method of allowing sources to contact him confidentially. This is
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especially useful for individuals who aren't tech-savvy enough for Tor but
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for whom unencrypted communication could be dangerous.
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especially useful for individuals who don't use Tor but for whom unencrypted
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communication could be dangerous.
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- Several data vaults. When someone sends Bob material that turns out to be
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useful, or when he comes across useful material while doing his own research,
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he stores a copy in an offline vault qube. Most of these files are PDFs and
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images, though some are audio files, videos, and text files. Since most of
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them are from unknown or untrusted sources, Bob isn't sure if it would be
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safe to put them all in the same vault, so he makes different vaults (usually
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one for each story or topic) just in case. This has the side benefit of
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helping to keep things organized.
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he stores a copy in a completely offline, network-isolated vault qube. Most
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of these files are PDFs and images, though some are audio files, videos, and
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text files. Since most of them are from unknown or untrusted sources, Bob
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isn't sure if it would be safe to put them all in the same vault, so he makes
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different vaults (usually one for each story or topic) just in case. This has
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the side benefit of helping to keep things organized.
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- A [VPN
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qube](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/vpn.md)
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@ -203,7 +211,9 @@ for work, which contains:
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VPN qube so that he can upload his work and access anything he needs on the
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local network without being there.
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- A password manager vault. Bob stores all the login credentials he needs here.
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- A password manager vault. Bob stores all of his login credentials in this
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offline qube and [securely copies and
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pastes](/doc/how-to-copy-and-paste-text/) them into other qubes as needed.
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A colleague helped Bob set up his Qubes system initially and showed him how to
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use it. Since Bob's workflow is pretty consistent and straightforward, the way
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about identity theft, so she has one qube dedicated to managing her free
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credit monitoring services and downloading her free annual credit reports.
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- One qube for taxes. This is an offline qube where she stores all of her
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tax-related forms and documents, organized by year.
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- Two qubes for taxes. Carol has a [Windows
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qube](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows.md)
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for running her Windows-only tax software. She also has an offline vault
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where she stores all of her tax-related forms and documents, organized by
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year.
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- One qube for financial planning and tracking. Carol loves spreadsheets, so
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this offline qube is where she maintains a master spreadsheet to track all of
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@ -310,8 +323,10 @@ setup looks like this:
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online shopping accounts, and insurance companies; and another one for
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personal email.
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- A password manager vault. Carol stores all of her account usernames and
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passwords here.
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- A password manager vault. A network-isolated qube where Carol stores all of
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her account usernames and passwords. She uses the [Qubes global
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clipboard](/doc/how-to-copy-and-paste-text/) to copy and past them into her
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other qubes when she needs to log into her accounts.
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The vast majority of Carol's assets are in broad-based, low-cost,
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passively-managed indexed funds. Lately, however, she's started getting
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@ -362,7 +377,7 @@ so most people will need at least one email qube and a suitable template to
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base it on. But not everyone will need [Split GPG](/doc/split-gpg/), and not
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everyone will want to use the same email client. On the other hand, almost
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everyone will need a password manager, and it pretty much always makes sense to
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keep it in an offline vault.
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keep it in an offline, network-isolated vault.
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As you're designing your own Qubes system, keep in mind some of the following
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tips:
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