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Another Debian based boot-from-CD OS that used to be quite popular is Knoppix [1]. I remember that was a big thing in the times of Win98 viruses when people used it for system recovery. In Germany they distributed it as add-on to computer magazines. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix
It's worth noting that Tails doesn't make you impervious. Tails uses Tor, and Tor is vulnerable to NSA and GCHQ attacks. Specifically, they have the capability of deanonymizing individual targets. I hypothesize that this capability works by monitoring Tor traffic worldwide, then performing a timing correlation between an origin and an endpoint. Here's an example: Let's say (for the sake of example please) that the NS…
This either implies someone already suspects you and are monitoring you or that you are the only person searching on Google using Tor at that particular moment. I find the latter hard to believe. Even if it is true, it can be mitigated by more people using tor at the same time.
Impressive how much thought and work has gone into Tails development, e.g. it has a surprisingly-convincing XP skin that hides the fact you're even using Linux to the casual observer. Kudos to the devs.
It's called GNOME 2 and it feels exactly like you're using Linux, which is a great feeling. Kudos to the devs. Edit: apparently I was mistaken. GNOME 2 is the default desktop, but there is an XP skin. See comments below.
http://www.bitblokes.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tails-0-1...
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Found late, and found in a an error-prone environment. This weakens the oft-implied "proof by open-sourceness", and has brought up some criticism on how open source projects are ran and incentivized. Doesn't mean "Open Source sux", just some nuanced criticism, ok?
I assume that no one in its right mind would refute a nuanced criticism of Open Source, but the grandparent just didn't think it necessary to be nuanced or elaborate or make some concrete point at all. He just went for the quick pun and is being down-voted for it.
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It's called GNOME 2 and it feels exactly like you're using Linux, which is a great feeling. Kudos to the devs. Edit: apparently I was mistaken. GNOME 2 is the default desktop, but there is an XP skin. See comments below.
GP is referring to XP Camoflauge option in Tails. http://www.bitblokes.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tails-0-1...
The article suggests security because "all of the Tails code is open source, so it can be inspected by anyone worried about foul play." Yeah, that worked out well for openssl.
Yes it did. The heartbleed bug was found during an audit of the open source of openssl.
It's worth noting that Tails doesn't make you impervious. Tails uses Tor, and Tor is vulnerable to NSA and GCHQ attacks. Specifically, they have the capability of deanonymizing individual targets. I hypothesize that this capability works by monitoring Tor traffic worldwide, then performing a timing correlation between an origin and an endpoint. Here's an example: Let's say (for the sake of example please) that the NS…
> One way is to record the fact that from your home computer originated some Tor traffic at almost the same time the Google search took place. This either implies someone already suspects you and are monitoring you or that you are the only person searching on Google using Tor at that particular moment. I find the latter hard to believe. Even if it is true, it can be mitigated by more people using tor at the same time…
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> One way is to record the fact that from your home computer originated some Tor traffic at almost the same time the Google search took place. This either implies someone already suspects you and are monitoring you or that you are the only person searching on Google using Tor at that particular moment. I find the latter hard to believe. Even if it is true, it can be mitigated by more people using tor at the same time…
You might want to run a non-exit node at your home. That way you have a lot of Tor traffic all the time, and the one time you really do need anonymity, it doesn't show up as anything unusual.
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You might want to run a non-exit node at your home. That way you have a lot of Tor traffic all the time, and the one time you really do need anonymity, it doesn't show up as anything unusual.
I don't quite know how this works, so forgive me if this is a stupid question, but couldn't someone just take the difference between your inbound and outbound tor traffic to find how much traffic originates from your computer?
