About Whonix Course
01Mission
To teach the principles of Whonix, Tor networking, Linux, virtualization, digital privacy, threat modeling, and defensive security through a structured, practical curriculum. The material is for people whose work asks them to understand these tools well enough to use them without quietly undoing their protections.
02Who it is for
- Journalists who protect sources
- Researchers who handle sensitive material
- NGO and civil-society staff
- IT and security people who support others
- Linux and open-source enthusiasts who want a careful introduction
03How it teaches
Each topic moves from concepts to a short written walkthrough to a lab you run on your own machine. Commands are explained before they are typed. Every lesson states its limits, and every module ends by returning to the threat model from the first lesson.
04Who runs it
Operator name and legal status: Jeroen van der Meij
Relevant qualifications, if any: To be completed by the site operator
No credentials or affiliations are claimed on this page. Only information that is true appears here; the rest is marked as pending until it is filled in. See the contact page for the full operator details.
05Independence
Whonix Course is an independent educational platform. Unless expressly stated otherwise, it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Whonix Project, the Tor Project, or Google. All third-party names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
06Lawful use
This platform does not promote crime, unauthorized access, fraud, or attacks on third-party systems. All practice material is for systems you own or are explicitly authorized to assess. We will close an account that is used for anything else.
07What we don't claim
- No testimonials, star ratings, or student counts appear on this site because we don't have the data to back them.
- No certificate is issued; the course is a reading and lab programme, not an accredited qualification.
- No tool and no course can guarantee anonymity. The course covers the limits as carefully as the mechanisms.