Security 101- Installing Tails LiveUSB with a Persistent Volume -Full Tutorial

[46andtwo]

This was taken from the original SR forums. I AM NOT the original creator of this post (original one can be viewed here:
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=114141.msg775162#msg775162 ).
I am merely passing on the information presented within, as I feel there is vital information regarding the preservation of anonymity and privacy. There is a lot of info out there, I am hoping to consolidate it and present it as coherently as possible here. I feel this is the least I can do to support the cause. All credit goes to Fallkniven (I believe)


Tutorial Part 1 - How to install Tails onto a USB drive.
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Tails stands for "The Amnesiac Incognito Live System". Tails is a live system that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leave no trace using unless you ask it explicitly. It is a complete operating-system designed to be used from a DVD or a USB stick independently of the computer's original operating system. It is free software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Tails comes with several built-in applications pre-configured with security in mind: web browser, instant messaging client, email client, office suite, image and sound editor, etc. Tails relies on the Tor anonymity network to protect your privacy online: the pre-installed software is configured to connect through Tor, and direct (non-anonymous) connections are blocked.

Tails is being constantly updated for security flaws - you WILL need to do this all over again soon to stay safe! This comes from the Tails website - "It's very important to keep your version of Tails up-to-date, otherwise your system will be vulnerable to numerous security holes. The development team is doing its best to release new versions fixing known security holes on a regular basis."

You will need 2 x 8GB USB thumb drives (4GB may pass), they are very cheap and available almost everywhere.


*** Update: Meatgrinder has posted steps on how to install Tails to a DVD first, then onto a USB from there. Thanks! ***
*** Update #2: Vegeta has offered a way to install Tails to USB with the use of a virtual machine. Thanks! ***
*** If any of the links do not work, please PM me and I will update them for you! ***
*** All of the following links can and should be downloaded through the Tor network! ***

1 - Download the latest version of the Tails .iso file from here - remember where you save it (latest stable version: 0.19) -
https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html

1a - If you are an advanced user, you can download the cryptographic signature on this same page and then verify the download with the Tails key from here -
https://tails.boum.org/tails-signing.key

2 - Download the latest version of the Linux Universal-USB-Installer from here (latest stable version: 1.9.3.6) -
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

3 - Run the newly downloaded Universal-USB-Installer

   3a - Read and 'agree to' the disclaimer

   3b - Select "Tails" from the first drop-down list, it's towards the end of the list (step 1)

   3c - Browse to and select the Tails .iso file (step 2)

   3d - Select your USB drive letter (format the drive if its not empty already) (step 3)

   3e - Click 'Create' button then wait for it to finish. Will be a few minutes at least.

4 - Restart the computer and boot into Tails from the USB drive (see below for details on Booting from a USB drive)

**** (Steps continue in the next post!) ****


Booting from a USB drive:
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If it does not automatically boot to the USB drive, you need to select the boot order, some newer computers will allow you to select which drive to boot to with a small menu, without changing BIOS settings.  You might instead need to edit the BIOS settings, restart your computer, and watch for a message telling you which key to press to enter the BIOS setup. It will usually be one of F1, F2, DEL, ESC or F10. Press this key while your computer is booting to edit your BIOS settings. You need to edit the Boot Order. Depending on your computer you should see an entry for 'removable drive' or 'USB media'. Move this to the top of the list to force the computer to attempt to boot from USB before booting from the hard disk. Save your changes and continue.

Many Flash Drives ship USB-FDD formatted and some systems will not detect or even boot USB-FDD. Most systems can however boot USB-ZIP, and or USB-HDD. If you are having a hard time getting your BIOS to detect your flash drive, you can try to format it as USB-HDD or USB-ZIP using the BOOTICE program (or similar).
(Caution - this is a very advanced program! Use with caution - follow links for the latest version) http://www.pendriveapps.com/bootice-partition-flash-drive-edit-boot-sector/

For more detailed instruction on how to boot from USB you can read
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/tipstricks/ht/bootusbflash.htm

If you have problems accessing the BIOS, read this
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/how-to-access-bios/

I will not accept donations for this tutorial, I offer this only in hope that more people will start using Tor. If you have excess bitcoins you feel like donating to a worthy cause, please send them to Tor or Tails...
https://www.torproject.org/donate/donate.html.en
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/#bitcoin

Next up: Installing a Persistent Volume alongside a LiveUSB copy of Tails (this is why you need TWO USB drives)

[46andtwo]

Tutorial Part 2 - Setting up a LiveUSB version of Tails, then an Encrypted Persistent Volume.
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You may want to print this text out on paper for easier reference.
 

*** (Continued from first post!) ***
 
5 - You should now be presented with a log in prompt for a temporary session administration password - this is reset every time you load Tails, it is optional to enter this, it is used to allow current session access to system functions, if you get any errors about access rights try using an admin password at log in. Also at this point you can optionally select to use a Windows XP camo 'skin' to make Tails look more like XP if you're in a public place for example, this is also optional.
 
7 - Once Tails is up and running, insert the second USB drive. Click the 'Applications/Accessories' menu, then highlight 'Tails', then click 'Tails USB Installer'.
 
    7a - Click the 1st option "Clone & Install"
     
    7b - Select your target device from the drop-down menu (your second USB drive!)
     
    7c - Click 'Next', then wait for it to finish (however long to copy about 1gb to a USB drive - usually a few minutes). This will install a new copy of Tails onto your second USB drive, this will be your new proper Tails USB.
     
8 - Shutdown this session of Tails with the Power Button up in the right-hand corner. Don't forget to take out the FIRST USB you created and BOOT INTO THE NEW SECOND TAILS USB! You can format the first USB drive later on, that copy of tails is no longer required.
 
9 - Log in to the new Tails USB, once logged in click the 'Applications' menu, then highlight the 'System Tools' sub-menu, then click on "Configure Persistent Volume". (The size of the persistent volume is automatically determined by how much left over space is on the USB drive after installing Tails in the previous steps.)
 
    9a - Choose your pass-phrase for the persistent volume - you will need to enter this every time you login to Tails. The persistent volume is an encrypted partition protected by a pass-phrase. Once the persistent volume is created, you can choose to activate it or not each time you start Tails. It is a good place to store sensitive materials. When choosing your pass-phrase remember that short, easily guessed pass-phrases are very easily cracked - it would take one Intel I7 2600k CPU over 200,000,000 YEARS to brute-force crack an AES-256 encrypted 32 random character pass-phrase using lowercase, UPPERCASE, 0-9 & "$p3c|4!" characters  )
     
    9b - Click "Create" and wait for it to finish.
     
    9c - On completion, a window will popup allowing you to select what Tails will save in the new persistent volume automatically, internet shortcuts, PGP keys, nudie pictures, application settings etc... I recommend selecting everything.
     
10 - Close and reboot with your modem plugged in and switched on, log back into Tails with your new persistent volume.
     
11 - Make sure your modem is plugged in and turned ON! Click the 'System' menu, then highlight the 'Preferences' submenu, then click on 'Network Connections'. Now, only YOU know what type of internet connection you pay for, I cannot help you with that! My personal internet connection was amazingly simple to setup (i was quite surprised by its pre-configured setups, it has many different countries options for local telcos pre-installed).
     
Another note - Tails is PRE-CONFIGURED to go through Tor! It is pre-installed with Vidalia and a Torified browser called 'IceWeasel'. It SHOULD automatically open up when connected to the internet. If not, Use the 'IceWeasel' browser menu shortcut to get onto the Road. Also, this operating system is NOT persistent for security measures, meaning that any changes you make (that are not saved in the persistent volume) will not be saved on restarting Tails! Example is Desktop Backgrounds and general GUI appearance settings (if you manage to get these settings saved and persistent, please let us know!)

[46andtwo]

If you have any relevant information pertaining to this topic, feel free to update and improve upon it. This was a response in the original thread (by Meatgrinder) that I feel is worth posting, using the dvd/usb method as an alternative to the 2 usb method of installing Tails.

I did not need 2 USB sticks to make a persistent tails, only 1.

I downloaded the tails ISO, burned it to a blank DVD, left it in the DVD tray and rebooted.

Booted into tails, hit Applications' menu, then highlight 'Tails', then click 'Tails USB Installer' then clone and install (as directed above)

It made the USB stick into a tails bootloader.

Once finished, I plugged the USB into my laptop (the above was done on my gaming/media computer) once booted into tails on my laptop, I went back to "Applications -> Tails -> Configure persistent volume, chose what I wanted, rebooted and it was done (encryption keys, password hashes etc all saved) tried it on my 3 laptops and my brothers too, all working fine with my tails USB as a persistent volume with files I made as a test. Must have done 30 or so reboots to test it

[46andtwo]

Original thread response by Vegeta, installing tails via VM:

If you don't have a DVD drive or burner or DVD's to burn, but have access to a virtual machine, you could also install tails to USB using the virtual machine.
It would go something like this:
1) Download latest tails iso from: https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html
2) Create a linux virtual machine and point the cd/dvd drive to the tails iso file
3) Boot the virtual machine using the tails iso
4) Insert a USB flash drive
5) Connect the USB flash drive to the virtual machine: it will disconnect from your computer and connect to the virtual machine instead
6) Go to Applications -> Tails -> Tails USB Installer
7) Click "Clone & Install"
Verify that the correct "Target Device" is selected by matching the size of the USB Flash Drive you inserted with what is written
9) Click "Create Live USB"
10) Click "Next"
11) Once installation is completed, click "OK"

That's it! Now you can shut off the virtual machine, and your USB flash drive can boot tails on any computer capable of booting from USB
If you want to configure a persistent volume on a virtual machine, that's also possible! Though I doubt anyone wants to do it once they have the bootable USB with tails on it. If there's any interest, I can post how to do that as well. It's a bit more involved

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Stickied.

[Buttercup]

With the browser's settings not being persistent, one thing to remember is to manually disable scripts each time you start it up. It's an easy thing to forget.

If anyone knows how to make the choice to disable scripts persistent, post it here.

[sentinel]

With the browser's settings not being persistent, one thing to remember is to manually disable scripts each time you start it up. It's an easy thing to forget.

If anyone knows how to make the choice to disable scripts persistent, post it here.

I used TB installed on a LUKS partition so I can update whenever needed instead of waiting for Tails. It let me update to Tor 0.2.4rc on the latest TB beta (recommended by Tor devs on the mailing list). Annoying to have to shut down the original 1 every time, but worth it for persisting settings, and because its in a LUKS part, it's off-limits without passkey.

[mary666]

OMG, I need to do this, I know nothing about anything with computers, it looks quite hard but I will be having a look at tails later. I'm on windows, do I need to change to Linex for this? Thanks

[mary666]

Thanks for re posting this, I'm trying out Linux just now. 

[DefyCode]

OMG, I need to do this, I know nothing about anything with computers, it looks quite hard but I will be having a look at tails later. I'm on windows, do I need to change to Linex for this? Thanks

With tails it just runs off the USB drive or CD, you can still keep windows

[mary666]

Windows is annoying, I don't know if it's just windows 8 but the things just popping out the sides is bloody annoying!  Just trying Linux mint as there was a disk for that lying around. 

[fakename709]

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[monoxide]

I currently have tails up and running on my desktop. I am writing this from my laptop.

1) For some reason when I put my second USB in and hit 'Clone and Install' nothing happens. The window just disappears. I have tried so many time but it just does not work. Is it 'NECESSARY' to clone and install onto a new USB in order to have a persistant volume?

2) Where is tor browser? I noticed under Applications>Internet>Vidalia but it does not open a browser. Am I supposed to use Iceweasel when browsing?

[monoxide]

Ok, I understand. When I try to create a persistant volume it tells me I can't because it was not created with tails USB installer. Why the fuck is it not 'cloning and installing'

So annoying. I am going to try a fresh install and see how I go...

[DefyCode]

Ok, I understand. When I try to create a persistant volume it tells me I can't because it was not created with tails USB installer. Why the fuck is it not 'cloning and installing'

So annoying. I am going to try a fresh install and see how I go...

Is your USB formatted for Linux? (ext3/ext4)
At what point exactly are you inserting your other USB drive?
Is there anything else on it?

And yes Iceweasel is the browser under TAILS, make sure you disable scripts everytime you turn on your laptop though, those settings are not saved.

[450967584]

i need to use a cd to boot from my usb.  i know i am booting from the usb and not the cd because of the way the usb is mounted.  the bios is set to boot from usb-fdd, usb-hdd and usb-key.  i do not know what i did wrong.  using a cd and usb is inconvenient.

[aussieoutlaw]

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[Buttercup]

To go some way towards reminding myself to turn off scripts in Tails, I decided to rename my Keepass database as 'Turn off J-script 1st.kdp'

Since I am one who cannot function without Keepass (I am simply not capable of remembering the various onion addresses, or all the strong passwords I need), I always have to open my Keepass database before visiting any sites.

So seeing the filename as I open it reminds me.

Yeah I know this is a pretty flaky solution but it works for me.

[olmate]

My Applications menu has the following items: Accessories, Graphics, Internet, Office, Programming, Sound & Video, System Tools, Universal Access.
None of these sub-menus have an item 'Tails' or 'Tails USB Installer'.
I have redownloaded and reinstalled Tails. No change.

I have done a search for files in the folder amnesia containing 'Tails', but only find the Tails documentation file.

Why is my tails different from everyone else's?
Or am I missing something?

[Pablo]

could you reformat an old ipod to be a pure storage device and run tails off that?

[ToucanSam]

My Applications menu has the following items: Accessories, Graphics, Internet, Office, Programming, Sound & Video, System Tools, Universal Access.
None of these sub-menus have an item 'Tails' or 'Tails USB Installer'.
I have redownloaded and reinstalled Tails. No change.

I have done a search for files in the folder amnesia containing 'Tails', but only find the Tails documentation file.

Why is my tails different from everyone else's?
Or am I missing something?

"Tails" should be an option available when you click on "applications". It is the 2nd from the bottom option on my menu right after "system tools". So  click "Applications > Tails". If its not there I don't know whats going on.

Are you using the latest 0.20.1 edition of tails?

[olmate]

"Tails" should be an option available when you click on "applications". It is the 2nd from the bottom option on my menu right after "system tools". So  click "Applications > Tails". If its not there I don't know whats going on.

Are you using the latest 0.20.1 edition of tails?

Long story short: I had an old version of tails still in my downloads folder which I installed by accident.
Thanks for bringing my attention to edition# ToucanSam. You are no friend of LE

[olmate]

MOAR questions
Do I understand correctly that the copy of tails cloned from the first USB onto the second is somehow more secure?
Being less tech-savvy than I'd like, I don't understand why this is. Can anyone explain this?

[olmate]

aaand, is truecrypt included in Tails still?
If so, how does one access it in the latest version?

[WestleyR]

Copied from tails homepage:

Using TrueCrypt in Tails

TrueCrypt is not enabled by default when Tails starts. In order to use TrueCrypt, add the truecrypt boot option to the boot menu. For detailed instructions, see the documentation on using the boot menu.

Once Tails has started, to start TrueCrypt choose Applications ▸ Accessories ▸ TrueCrypt.


How to use boot menu:

*press Tab when the boot menu appears. A list of boot options appears at the bottom of the screen.(black screen with Boot Tails Live Live(failsave) on it)
*Press Space, and type the boot option that you want to add. (type "truecrypt")
*Press Enter

Attention: they might remove it soon in new tails versions

[olmate]

Thanks Westley, you've been so helpful!

Another question :p
When I boot tails off of the liveusb it connects to my wifi without requiring me to enter the password.
This worries me. Is the password somehow stored in my persistent volume?

[WestleyR]

yes it is stored in your encrypted persistent volume.

Applications -> System Tools -> Configure persistent volume

I guess if you uncheck Network Connections it won't save it anymore. But I don't know if you can delete the key that was already saved by doing this.

[ToucanSam]

"Tails" should be an option available when you click on "applications". It is the 2nd from the bottom option on my menu right after "system tools". So  click "Applications > Tails". If its not there I don't know whats going on.

Are you using the latest 0.20.1 edition of tails?

Long story short: I had an old version of tails still in my downloads folder which I installed by accident.
Thanks for bringing my attention to edition# ToucanSam. You are no friend of LE

Glad I could help, even if it was in a small way

[charas]

 Hi a quick question for any TAILS pro's
 I run Tails with Persistent Volume, on a compaq Laptop with windows 8.
 Can I run Tails & windows at the same time?, as I need the Windows to run for work.
 Otherwise I run TBB so Windows is running too.
 Its probably a dumb question but I won't know unless I ask &  I'm about 50 now & I'm very slow when it comes to computers.
 Thanks for taking the time to read the post anyway.
 Have a great Sunday.

 C

[madvillain]

Currently making a Virtual machine on Oracle VM Virtual Box. Just wondering which version of Linux I should create the VM as:
Linux 2.2
          2.4
          2.4 (64bit)
          2.6 / 3.x
          2.6 / 3.x (64bit)
Arch Linux
Debian
openSUSE
Fedora
Gentoo
Mandriva
Red Hat
Turbolinux
Ubuntu
Xandros
Oracle
Other Linux

Or does it not make a difference?

EDIT:I used Linux 2.6 / 3x, and that worked perfectly, in case anyone is wondering

[whitesword]

anyone got this working with usb wireless internet?
detects the device but its not wanting to connect.

all settings are correct.

[madvillain]

OK, so I've spent a large portion of my Sunday trying to get Tails to work (properly), but I really stuck.

I installed Tails into a VM, and then cloned and installed onto a USB stick. When I went to boot off that USB stick it said there was no bootable disc, and to install it if I had one. So that didn't work. I then manually installed Tails onto the USB stick, and I was able to boot up using the usb stick, but obviously I can't make a persistent volume, so I cloned and installed onto another USB stick. But, when I try to boot with that one I get the same problem as when I cloned and installed from the VM. So I can get Tails up and running if I use a manually installed version, but then I can't use a persistent volume to store keys, and if I clone and install onto a USB stick, it's unbootable! Any pointers, I am using a macbook pro, if that helps...

[WestleyR]

Good news it is not your fault, it is the fault of your mac book.
As you can see here, official tails homepage:
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/manual_usb_installation/mac/

you can't use persistent with RottenApple

[madvillain]

Haha, well I'm glad it's my computer's fault and not mine!

I did see that warning, but I thought if I did a clone and install onto another usb,  I'd be able to create a persistent volume on that copy of tails (in theory it should work). But then I got that bootable disk error. I found out that Mac uses efi instead of bios to handle bootable items, and that seems to be the problem. I don't understand (and probably won't) why I can manually install tails (and boot), but from a clone install it's a problem.

 Has anyone tried this method/see any issues
***CLEARNET WARNING***
http://tillmail.de/wordpress/436
I was going to try it now, but my brain is fried. Gonna hit the bong instead...

[MilqueToast]

Can I run Tails & windows at the same time?

Nope. The two operating systems are mutually exclusive, as you must shut down the computer and literally boot up in TAILS (based on Debian Linux). You can, however, use your windoze PC to run TAILS. You just can't run them concurrently.

you can't use persistent with RottenApple

Great, just what I needed. ANOTHER reason to hate Apple!

[St0n3C0ld]

Thanks for the tut, helped me out a lot. Great for a computer newbie like me.

[Omega3]

I was wondering if someone could help me out with a problem I'm having with my new Tails USB... After a few (loads to be honest) of hiccups I managed to get Tails onto a USB and then get my computer to boot to it. Thought I was home and dry but when I go to clone and install, it gets to 98% complete and then stops. The only thing I can think of is do I have to format the second USB for Linux too? Although I thought I saw it saying it was reformatting it (fat32?) during the cloning process. Any help is appreciated.

[WestleyR]

I had the same problem once. I just restarted the installation and it worked perfect.

[danjango1]

1)anyone know how to change mac address in tails? i've looked everywhere and i can't find it. i know its only about 3 lines of command as pine posted in the old forum.?

2) pgp applet only allows me 2048 RSA how can i get it to 4096?

3) how can you hack wifi in tails do you need a program for it?


thanks

[Buttercup]

1)anyone know how to change mac address in tails? i've looked everywhere and i can't find it. i know its only about 3 lines of command as pine posted in the old forum.?

2) pgp applet only allows me 2048 RSA how can i get it to 4096?

3) how can you hack wifi in tails do you need a program for it?


thanks

2) When creating a new PGP key, choose 'Advanced Key Options' and bump it up from 2048 to 4096 in there.

[CafeCrisp]

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[hopelessanarchist]

 Hi a quick question for any TAILS pro's
 I run Tails with Persistent Volume, on a compaq Laptop with windows 8.
 Can I run Tails & windows at the same time?, as I need the Windows to run for work.
 Otherwise I run TBB so Windows is running too.
 Its probably a dumb question but I won't know unless I ask &  I'm about 50 now & I'm very slow when it comes to computers.
 Thanks for taking the time to read the post anyway.
 Have a great Sunday.

 C

if you want to run 2 os at the same time one woud have to reside on a virtual machine, but doing it with your work os coul be very time consuming.
if wou want to run tails on a virtual machine (it raises some security concerns, especially it the information stored in it and your keystrokes are only as secure as your windows box) you shoud download a vm image off tails.

but mi recomendation if you absolutlely must run them simultaneous woud be just using tails from a raspberry pi or similar cheap plattaform.

--edit--
there is no tails for raspberry pi, but you could set up a secure raspbian image with everything you use

[hopelessanarchist]

another comment, watch out for your persistent volumes, i personally preffer to make the same minor tweaks over and over again that having a more identifiable os with potential incriminating evidence stored in it

[Buttercup]

another comment, watch out for your persistent volumes, i personally preffer to make the same minor tweaks over and over again that having a more identifiable os with potential incriminating evidence stored in it

This is a good point but may I ask, what do you do for a bitcoin wallet? And how do you remember all the onion URLs and multiple strong passwords?

I have Electrum for my BTC wallet, and I use a Keepass database for URLs and passwords. So for me, persistence is essential.

What I'd like to see is for Tails to make persistence mandatory, so every Tails installation has a persistent volume by default. Users who don't want to use it leave it empty and have a simple option to click at startup 'Don't save any preferences' or whatever.

Users who do want to use it, have a dual layer volume like what Truecrypt offers.

So, if this were implemented, all Tails installations would look the same - like they have an empty persistent volume. There would then be no way of telling by examining it, whether it had a hidden volume or not.

I don't know if this would be workable or not, but what I don't like at the moment is the way when I boot up, it asks 'Use persistence?'. That's a clear indication there's a persistent volume there! Far better I think if all Tails installations asked that question, so there'd be no way of telling that there was or wasn't one in use.

[notpersonallyidentifiable]

1)anyone know how to change mac address in tails? i've looked everywhere and i can't find it. i know its only about 3 lines of command as pine posted in the old forum.?

2) pgp applet only allows me 2048 RSA how can i get it to 4096?

3) how can you hack wifi in tails do you need a program for it?


thanks

to change the mac you need to use macchanger in the terminal;

NAME
       macchanger - MAC Changer

SYNOPSIS
       macchanger [options] device

DESCRIPTION
       macchanger  is a Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address
       for network interfaces.

EXAMPLE
       macchanger -A eth1


change eth1 to the interface you are using to connect to the internets (usually wlan0 if your on wifi, eth0 for ethernet). type "sudo ifconfig" to check.


Peace

[hopelessanarchist]

by identifiable i mean any persistent changes that can be identified like a weird/unique user agent, and what i use is just another partition in the usb with several files cryptically named and symetrically encripted with 200+ char passwords, wich i only decript to ram volumes when needed, but you coud just set a truecrypt partition on the flash drive from where you pull everithing you use as needed

[charas]

Can I run Tails & windows at the same time?

Nope. The two operating systems are mutually exclusive, as you must shut down the computer and literally boot up in TAILS (based on Debian Linux). You can, however, use your windoze PC to run TAILS. You just can't run them concurrently.

Thank you mate.

 C

[Ketatmine]

Is tor browsing actually safe in Tails? With this talk of persistent entry nodes and my having to run tails off a DVD, with no persistance, is a bit concerning.

Tails also updates far less frequency than the TBBs...Are we using out of date versions?

[MoeParker]

I have tails running fine but i can not get it to fully shut down it says it is going do a wipe and to take the usb out and hit enter but from there it just freezes and i have to manually shut down the computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[jayblunted]

I have tails running fine but i can not get it to fully shut down it says it is going do a wipe and to take the usb out and hit enter but from there it just freezes and i have to manually shut down the computer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I had the same thing happen when running Tails off a DVD on a Mac. Since Ive not been able to get Tails running off a USB on the Mac Im switching to Whonix.

Now why is no thread on running Whonix in this Forum?