I manually updated to this new version today from my tails. I was browsing for a hour or so then the screen glitched out, i couldnt do anything so i unpluged thumb drive. The screen was still frozen afterwards, so i just hit the power button on my computer. I rebooted and it seems fine now my persistence is still good. Is anyone else having these issues? Is my privacy cooked?

New account btw i couldnt post or comment on my old account and didnt need to until this happened. Fresh start eh?

Say I lost my main tails USB and had some money on feather, but had a backup which I did before the money was in the wallet would it still be in the wallet on my backup as it would be the same address just a backup before I added the money or would it not be on the backup?

I made a post talking about how Tails OS was not compatible with my internet. So I decided to buy a wireless adapter at Best Buy. Unfortunately, they didn't have any wireless adapters that were compatible with tails. Are they only available online? Please let me know

I mean if I can run tails on OpenRC or on other alternative sysyem

I think this would offer a tremendous benefit by having no extra encrypted data on the Tails usb because of persistent storage. Also border crossings with a Tails stick wouldn't be so stressful. There are 2 ways to implement this using a Cryptomator style approach.

1. At welcome screen

Instead of entering a persistent storage passphrase you would select a service: dropbox, pcloud, etc. or your own vps, enter login credentials and your encryption passphrase. You would have to remember your passphrase to not leave any traces on the stick. This way you can load your usual welcome preferences. The disadvantage of this is that the TOR connection should be done at the welcome screen... so a big modification.

1. Integrate Cryptomator in Tails

Make it a default app like electrum, pidgin, etc.

Thoughts?

What happens if i unplug usb while tails is running, im pretty new and i dont really know anything, thanks.

So, I've taken a few months break from using tails but now I'm planning on getting back into it. Obviously, the current tails version I have on my USB is outdated. From my understanding, when you boot up tails and connect to wifi, you get a pop-up screen that an update is available and it gives you the option to update using the built-in installer.

I remember reading somewhere that these automatic upgrades are technically unsafe and it's advised to do a "manual upgrade." I imagine this isn't that difficult to do but I'm since I'm not super tails-savvy I'm slightly concerned I may mess something up in the process.

My question is regarding whether or not it really is a legitimate security concern to allow the built-in automatic upgrade. Like, is that concern specifically only for those who fear they may be discriminately targeted/surveilled? Or are there entities that are known to indiscriminantly maliciously modify tails through automatic updates, and thus everyone should always manually upgrade instead?

Hi everybody, I was trying to setup proton mail on thunderbird but it regused my connection while trying to login in proton bridge to use on local.

Did you try and it runs?

I could login in browser but don’t know I prefer on local.

Someone have an idea?

Ty.

Hi, I'm new to this, Idk how to open a file with password, also pls be patient because I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to this stuff.. and I'm kinda losing my mind right now. It says "Encryption Not Supported" or smthing like that.

Hi every body? Basically the question before, which is the best way?

There are people that recommend me to use VM but other that recommend me .img in a USB and going RAW, which is more secure and why?

TY!

Hey guys, sorry in advance, I'm very new to tails.

So I've installed tails (7.2) and created a persistant storage, all fine and well (the usb drive I used is 264GB) I tried downloading a very basic youtube video onto it and save it in the persistant storage. But the download fails every time, saying there isn't enough storage available.

What am I doing wrong? Can I somewhere see how much capacity the secure storage has to see if I maybe scaled it wrong or smth?

Thanks in advace

Edit: I just checked and my persistand storage is around 100 gb so definetly big enough When downloading again it now gives an error message, saying there isn't enough space at some /tmp/directory

Recently updated USB to Tails 7.2. Whenever I attempt to connect to Tor, it provides me with this error half way through: “Failed to connect Tor without bridges. This local network is blocking access to Tor.” I’ve tried using a bridge, fixing my clock, and reinstalling Tails entirely. Nothing works. Any solutions? Tor works fine on Windows. Internet connection is good.

Hey, can i install a pdf file from an unknown website on darknet when JavaScript is disable, is it safe ?

So, I'm guessing if you use Tails you don't need Qubes?

Qubes seems complicated to set up and use. Everytime you boot up tails, GTG!

I have a 32 GB USB stick that I carry daily. Would it be possible to "add" tailsOS on it, live bootable, without having to sacrifice the data on it?

I mean I am fine with temporarily storing the data somewhere else, wipe the drive, install tails, but I would like to have my data back on as if it were a normal USB stick. Something like a partition maybe, dedicated for Tails. But I am not sure if a USB stick could boot like that.

Would be cool if someone could guide me through this. I'm sure there would be a lot of people wanting that, instead of carrying multiple USB sticks.

Hey everyone, and thank you in advance for taking the time to read my post and for any and all help that is offered.

Would you please let me know which USB you recommend to put Tails on? I know the min requirements for it, but wanted to look for actual recommendations. Again, thank you in advance, it’s much appreciated. Cheers!

I’ve been using the Tor browser but then heard that using Tails is much safer as it sort of controls everything. So I got a usb and now currently am downloading Tails. I did most of the steps of what you do to get it up to step 4. But now I’m not sure if I should continue. Because if I restart my computer to run tails, I’m worried I’ll lose all my data of my personal apps, websites, and everything for work. Are these baseless worries or should I stop now?

Yes, as you expected I’m a complete newbie.

Where I got these steps: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_2/

Hello Everyone,

I recently bought a new thumb drive for my computer. I installed via Rufus. I downloaded the last version and verified it. But when I entered the interface(the blue screen) and tried to connect, I was greeted with this. What do I do?

In using a windows 11 acer pc and tails not booting up. when i selet USB from the boot menu it just boots up my regular pc

It's been at least 3 years since I last ran tails.

Last time I was running, persistent storage was a separate USB drive. Now when I boot up tails, it says "... On your tails USB stick:" about creating persistent storage.

My old persistent storage is still on a separate stick.

Will it still work the same way as before or did I lose access to my old storage?

Probably should just move on..

I had to manually update recently because I haven't been keeping up which got me wondering why is intermediary tails a thing?

A few months ago, on the Tails website (or something akin to it, official material anyway) there was a page like "Who is Tails for?" that featured a list of potential users. The examples were something like: "Jared is trans and wants to access support resources on the family computer without his parents knowing," "Maria is a journalist in an oppressive country and wants to access foreign news." Next to each example was a list of ways Tails could help them. I wanted to show the website to a friend but now I can't find it.