Any good reliable ones out there?

Ive installed Pidgin but im getting an 'XMPP ID is invalid'. I left the domain blank, maybe this is the reason?

I can get Tails to boot just fine, but I can’t for the life of me get wifi to work

I know I may have to resort to buying an adapter, but if theres anyone that could help, that’d be great.

I read the guides on known wifi issues and I can’t seem to find anything relevant to my situation

Thanks

As in the title, someone knows how could i setup a softphone program on tails to make calls with my voip provider?

I don't understand why the bundled wallet on Tails is Bitcoin only? Why would an anonymous OS bundle a crypto wallet for an easily traceable cryptocoin only?

This makes no sense IMO.

I'm a student and the school my chromebook belongs too does not allow dev options is their a way A. Make it accesible so I can boot tails or B. Run the program without enabling dev feature?

this just popped up and idk if i’m hacked or not cus of the security update

I’ve attempted multiple thumbdrives of tailsOS and it will not boot on my surface. Any attempt to boot from USB leads me back to the normal windows boot screen. I see it’s not on the list of incompatible devices. Any recommendations?

I happened upon a post about how when using Veracrypt with an SSD, TRIM should be disabled. I then read how it is disabled by default when using Windows, but not the case on Linux.

• Ref: Veracrypt TRIM Operation documentation

Under Linux, VeraCrypt does not block the trim operation on volumes using the native Linux kernel cryptographic services, which is the default setting.  To block TRIM on Linux, users should either enable the "do not use kernel cryptographic services" option in VeraCrypt's Preferences (applicable only to volumes mounted afterward) or use the --mount-options=nokernelcrypto switch in the command line when mounting.

When using Tails to read a Veracrypt hidden volume on an SSD, is the TRIM option disabled as a part of opening a hidden volume?

Thanks for the info.

For example, would going on YouTube without signing in compromise my security on tails or should I only stick to onion links?

What kind of encryption does tails use for PS (Persistent Storage)?

Hi all, after upgrading from other tails, at startup appears this error. I have tried to do an upgrade from a completely new tails (manual upgrade) but error still there. This happens not on all usb devices I've upgraded.

Any suggestions?

Hello, I am wondering what would be the best way to use Veracrypt with Tails, meaning benefitting of the advantages of Veracrypt over LUKS to store sensitive data, while benefitting Tails amnesia to manage them.

I have thought of 3 models:

1. Using a file-hosted Veracrypt volume within the LUKS persistence storage. According to Veracrypt documentation, file-hosted volumes are less good in terms of plausible deniability, but still achievable with hidden volume: https://veracrypt.eu/en/Plausible Deniability.html Another question is the perennity of the persistence storage, whether it survives multiple Tails upgrades.

2. Using a Veracrypt encrypted partition next to Tails partition and persistence storage, within the same USB stick. However, according to this post, I understand it is not feasible anymore: https://www.reddit.com/r/tails/s/j1I9dwOLbX

3. Using 2 different USB sticks, one for Tails and one fully encrypted stick with Veracrypt. Here we can even use a keyfile in addition to the passphrase, to put in the LUKS persistence storage to make sure it is only opened with Tails. To the condition that the Veracrypt USB stick does not use wear-leveling system, which is not recommended : https://veracrypt.eu/en/Wear-Leveling.html I don't know whether having the volume within LUKS would mitigate this in some way or not.

What do you think would be the best way to do so ? Is there a better model I didn't think of ?

Hi,

What methods do you use to save onion links, saving it in your tor mail or any onion site that allows to store text?
Please note that I'm in live mode so no fav in browser and no txt.

1. Do you have to eject a USB drive on shutdown or will the system do this automatically?

2. How secure is your Persistent Storage pass? EFF advice is 6 to 8 random words. This seems like a lot? I know it depends on the threat level.

3. What's best practice for creating a Persistent Storage backup? Passwords, local, device advice pls?

4. Is there a benefit on a home network to creating two SSIDs for different traffic? Both by default have the same Network ID / pass. Should I run tails over a Guest connection instead?

I have followed the steps for downloading tails off of the official website to a T. I downloaded Balena Etcher, then ran it as administrator, plugged my 8GB USB stick in, then attempted to flash from file. The file extension for tails is .img. This is where I ran into my problem. Balena Etcher seems to just do nothing at all, and none of the buttons are able to be clicked, displaying my mouse as a red circle with a cross through it when I hover it over any of the buttons.

Is there a fix to this? Can I use a different etcher to flash tails onto my usb?

I just updated Tails to 6.11 today. I'm very familiar with it and with the use of Kleopatra to encrypt/decrypt messages.

After the update, I attempted to decrypt a message that had been encrypted with my public key, like I've always done. Now, I get the error listed in my title above.

I even attempted to delete my old key pair and create a brand new key pair and have the same result. I give my public key out, I receive a message encrypted with my public key, I paste the message in notepad, I attempt to decrypt and I receive the message "decryption failed: no secret key".

I've changed nothing at all about the way I do this and I've been doing this for years. Any help would be appreciated!

It'd be cool if I could access and post to an online community to ask questions using tails. I can view Reddit but can't post? A Discord app would also be great.

Are there any popular online communities out there that accept users over Tor?

Hello, I am trying to use Tails for the first time. When I try to connect to Tor, it says there is an error. (I'm not using Unsafe Browser, I want to hide that I am using Tor but I am on my home internet.) I copied a bridge over on a USB stick.
The only thing I can think of that is wrong is the timezone. I am in Canada EST, but this does not seem to be an option. When I select "Canada/Eastern", it doesn't work and the clock bumps 5 hours ahead. I've tried the other Canadian and US timezones and nothing is working. Can someone please help?

Ok I’ve done everything. And whenever I get here this is what says. Any help is appreciated.. I also downloaded Rufus but need some help with that too.. Balrnaetcher also just keeps on loading and loading and then not doing anything.. what do I do

Thinking about buying this to run tails on. Thoughts?

Hi folks,

I was just trying to visit the same link I always use which is from a trusted source. Anybody knows what could have happened here?

I've had a look in the subreddit profile. I'm looking for docs that cover all aspects of Tails including best practices and bundled software. Preferably in a digestible manner. I'm a long-time Linux user so it doesn't have to be very basic.

The tails homepage opens online docs but I'm looking for something broader and more detailed eg. covering everything from symmetric key certificates to bridges to anonymous email providers.

Any suggestions?

I've been trying to create a pgp public / private key pair for a while now. Kleopatra isn't helping. I've read the docs, watched videos and tested. I can create a symmetric key only.

The problem is there's no pgp on my tails system. Not accessible through the command line and I can't install it:

User amnesia is not allowed execute...install pgp as root on localhost

There's no clipboard on my tails GUI. What do I have to do to enable pgp? I have Persistent Storage enabled.

I’ve tried to launch Haveno after adding it through the terminal then rebooting but it asks for admin password. I never set one up because of the security risks it presents. Is there a workaround? Is an administrator password truly too big a risk to take?

Id like to keep a copy of the documentation for reference in my PC. Whats the best way to do that?

I keep making tutamails but login page always says invalid credentials. Mailfence always says email is taken.

Since I got TailsOS I have been trying to download videos from YouTube. I tried VLC and even after downloading every plugin, I still get the same error message “VLC is unable to open MRL “___” Check the log for details. How could it be a firewall issue?