On 10/12/2018 11:56 PM, grarpamp wrote: >>>> This is the use case for Tails. . . . [T]here are no writes to storage, >>>> unless users configure [otherwise] . . . . > >> Sure, but this isn't a _Tor_ issue. It's just about Tor browser, which >> is just (heavily) modified Firefox. And although I'm no software expert, >> I'm guessing that it's impossible to guarantee what some code will or >> won't leave behind when it crashes. Even if you tweaked the browser to >> never write temp files to disk, and keep everything in RAM, you couldn't >> guarantee that the OS won't write stuff to disk. > >> That is, unless there _is_ no disk, as in Tails. Even with Whonix, >> traces likely remain in the virtual disk. > > There is never "no" disk, just a matter of which ones > are plugged into the box, physically, or remotely.
OK, I should have said "unless there _is_ no disk, as there _can be_ in Tails". I've run Tails (and my own LiveCDs) on diskless machines. And yes, using USB for live systems is iffy. But write-once CDs are pretty safe, I think. No? <SNIP> -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
