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You put the stick in, access forbidden web site (for example, Instagram). Take the stick out, police searches your computer, there are no traces. If you were us

You put the stick in, access forbidden web site (for example, Instagram). Take the stick out, police searches your computer, there are no traces. If you were using a regular OS, even through Tor, there are some incriminating traces left, in browser cache, in MFT, in pagefile etc. that can be recovered.

replwoacause 3y ago
Huh? This sounds like fear mongering…
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
  the instagram part? https://www.insider.com/russian-influencer-veronika-loginova-6-years-prison-instagram-ban-2022-9 https://www.insider.com/russian-influencer-veronika-loginova...
  - lost_tourist 3y ago
    twitter too: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/x-unfit-for-banking-because-of-complicity-in-saudi-spying-lawyers-argue/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/x-unfit-for-bank...
PrimeMcFly 3y ago
Much the same result can be achieved by using a portable browser stored on an encrypted volume run inside a sandbox. For example on Windows, you can use portable Librewolf stored on a veracrypt volume running iside a portable sandboxie-plus sandbox (also stored on the encrypted volume).
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
  Tails is stronger than this approach in respect of the following threats: the $5 wrench for the veracrypt, keylogger installed on the host OS, memory scanners, the pagefile
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    Oh, absolutely, but the approach I mentioned is a little more convenient in some instances and provides a good balance IMO.
gymbeaux 3y ago
I don’t see why you couldn’t have a persistent install of something like Tails or Kali Linux as long as the OS drive is encrypted with a password of a particular length. Can we brute force 25-character passwords 20 years from now? Maybe, but the statute of limitations would elapse by then (in the US anyway). I suppose it wouldn’t be as “safe” as a live USB that doesn’t persist anything, but that’s the tradeoff- you can’t persist anything and probably have some “setup” to do each time you boot from the Live USB.

replwoacause 3y ago

Huh? This sounds like fear mongering…

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
the instagram part? https://www.insider.com/russian-influencer-veronika-loginova-6-years-prison-instagram-ban-2022-9 https://www.insider.com/russian-influencer-veronika-loginova...
- lost_tourist 3y ago
  twitter too: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/x-unfit-for-banking-because-of-complicity-in-saudi-spying-lawyers-argue/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/x-unfit-for-bank...

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

Much the same result can be achieved by using a portable browser stored on an encrypted volume run inside a sandbox. For example on Windows, you can use portable Librewolf stored on a veracrypt volume running iside a portable sandboxie-plus sandbox (also stored on the encrypted volume).

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 3y ago
Tails is stronger than this approach in respect of the following threats: the $5 wrench for the veracrypt, keylogger installed on the host OS, memory scanners, the pagefile
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  Oh, absolutely, but the approach I mentioned is a little more convenient in some instances and provides a good balance IMO.

gymbeaux 3y ago

I don’t see why you couldn’t have a persistent install of something like Tails or Kali Linux as long as the OS drive is encrypted with a password of a particular length. Can we brute force 25-character passwords 20 years from now? Maybe, but the statute of limitations would elapse by then (in the US anyway). I suppose it wouldn’t be as “safe” as a live USB that doesn’t persist anything, but that’s the tradeoff- you can’t persist anything and probably have some “setup” to do each time you boot from the Live USB.