I can totally see that perhaps I am too focused on Tor, and the scenarios you mention are in fact probably more likely concerns for the average people on this forum. I think the lesson to take from this is that everybodies security model is different, and that people should thoroughly understand what they are trying to accomplish and what they are accomplishing, which pretty much goes without saying. I personally would never feel comfortable with making myself so much more vulnerable to being deanonymized through traffic analysis, but for many people that is less of a concern than having a CD etc. I think part of the issue is that I am used to a private forum mentality, these days people being a member or visiting a site like SR is not seen as a big deal, but I learned about security when there were only private forums largely consisting of big importers and distributors, where being tied to the forum server in itself is bad fucking news. Being tied to SR server might not be as bad simply because of the fact that it is public. I suppose I should keep in mind that threat models change and that the online drug scene is pretty much in uncharted territory as far as shit like this goes, but I think others are equally suited to keep in mind that using Tails like a regular OS without using it like it is meant to be used (between different wifi access points, frequently switching access points) can be counterproductive. If people are really worried about evidence on their drives, as they should be, there is no need to compromise the anonymity of Tor to obtain this, even Ubuntu can be FDE'ed during installation, I just cannot imagine it ever being a good idea to use Tails without persistent entry guards unless it is being used in the very specific "Tails Threat Model" , then again maybe people these days are less likely to have a dedicated machine for criminal activity, back in the day on private forums we took our security very seriously but for a casual user on a forum like SR perhaps there is an acceptable compromise between utmost security and what is conveniant.