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I wonder if this will effect journalists and activists in parts of the world where old machines are still used (Africa, Middle East, parts of Asia). Not being a
by skraelingjar 9y ago
I wonder if this will effect journalists and activists in parts of the world where old machines are still used (Africa, Middle East, parts of Asia). Not being able to make use of newer browser versions (without updating every time or taking the risk of using a persistent volume) could put them at greater risk.
- jwilk 9y agoPrevious versions of Tails already had exuberant hardware requirements. I guess privacy is only for the rich.
- weberc2 9y agoYeah, this is a consequence of limited resources. In an ideal world, the good guys would have resources for all the things, I guess.
- nextlevelwizard 9y agoLiterally nothing is preventing you from creating your own secure Linux installation on any hardware you've got.
- ViViDboarder 9y agoBesides ones technical skills. Not all activists are knowledgeable enough to just roll their own distro.
- Sir_Substance 9y agoBeyond that, I thought it was now well understood that rolling ones own security software is a terrible idea. Many eyeballs etc. Activists with the technical skills /should not/ roll their own, they should definitely contribute to existing projects.
- Laforet 9y agoI don't think it is unreasonable to assume everyone already has a 64-bit capable PC considering the most recent mainstream 32-bit only CPU is 2004's first gen Prescott Pentium 4.
- dogma1138 9y agoIntel early centrinos are not 64bit (Dothan / Banias) so are the initial Core / Core Duo CPUs (Yona). Intel didn't release a mobile 64bit CPU until 2006/7 with Core 2 Duo. Also the initial implementations of Intel64/EMT64 lack certain functions so even tho they technically support 64bit they might lack certain other features that are required by modern operating systems. So overall if you have a 10 year old laptop you might not be able to use Tails 3.0.
- rlka3 9y agoagree my t60 does not limiting the amount of hardware capable of running libreboot without AMT/ME and tails even more :'(
- boondaburrah 9y agonot even. If you have a netbook from 2009 the ubiquitous Intel Atom N270 that powered all of those was a single-core 32-bit CPU.
- Sir_Substance 9y agoMy thought as well. Those things are everywhere like rats.
- dogma1138 9y agoI forgot about the Atoms completely, are they even 64bit now?