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Looks like this has already been answered, but I'm curious about why you've chosen Tails for this task? Is there something about your work/other tasks that requires the extra security and anonymity?
Kali (while known for pen-testing) is an excellent option here. Much more feature packed than Tails, with the built-in ability to create persistence on a live drive, too. I carry one of these with me all the time.
Or, you could fully install a distro to a USB drive. Then you could take Fedora with you, and have an environment you're familiar with.
I say all this as a huge fan of Tails (I also keep a USB of Tails always ready). Just offering some other options that may not have crossed your mind.
While I'm a fan of Kali, some work environments see anything Kali related and go full "zomg! WTF!" Mode. Even in less restrictive environments, it's often easier to just go with the flow and avoid making life harder for the security folks, without a good reason.
I can't imagine why . . . .
Absolutely agreed, which is another reason they may not like Tails, either. It doesn't exactly have the friendliest reputation among businesses.
Horseshit. Your security team is full of idoits if they dont like TAILS. Its built to be secure
It has a bit of a reputation not for being insecure but for being used by some unscrupulous people.
Like cancer patients? Or people looking at cat pictures?
Seriously most Tor traffic is people browsing Facebook.
Weeeeeellll that and all the pedos, and people using the markets (which tbh I think isn't that big a deal, the markets I mean of course), but yeah sure it's the facebook lol.
It mostly is Facebook. That's the point. You're parroting misinformation.
But it has gotten a bad reputation because of the other shit. That's my point. You're being willfully ignorant.
No, some people perceive it as such because of people like you gobbling up misinformation.
Theres wayy more illicit content on the clearnet then Tor, but you dont hear people saying "oh that disteo lets you on the internet, its bad"
The majority of Tor traffic is people just getting on Facebook, stop pretending it has more illegal content than the rest of the 'net
And yet nonetheless, tails has a reputation.
People think innocent children in Gaza have "reputation" of being terrorists.
Just because a propaganda campaign has spread misinformation so that theres a false "reputation" doesn't make it true. What it does mean is that we should actively combat that misinformation.
Innocent civilians are not terrorists just because they're brown and speak Arabic.
TAILS is mostly used by folks just browsing cat pictures in Facebook.
Did I say it was "true" or did I say "it has a reputation?" Jfc my guy, quit being so dense (or keep being dense and fuck off, makes no difference to me). If it has a reputation, true or not, for pedo shit and markets, and your boss or security team is familiar with this reputation, true or not as it is, they perhaps unsurprisingly will suspect you of pedo or market shit, true or not. Ffs this isn't as hard as you're making it.
If someone in your workplace is going to falsely accuse you of something based on objectively false propaganda, then its time to call them on their bullshit and educate them.
Let me know how that goes for you.
I've successfully rolled-out Onion Share and Tor Browser at a number of companies that I worked-for.
That's good, you don't work everywhere.
Please do not recommend kali
Seriously though, you remind me of the reddit sub masterhacker
Why not?
It's a well-maintained, Debian-based distro with several DEs to choose from and live USB persistence available out of the box.
Seems to fit OP's needs pretty spot on.
Because there are plenty of other options? Its used for pen testing and that's just about it. You would be better with MXlinux if your looking for distros for Live usb
Yes, there are plenty of other options. No one is going to dispute that.
But Kali is a fine distro, even for regular users.
Don't discount it just because "edgy haxor distro xD". It's a solid Linux and popular for a reason.
The default settings in the Kali terminal are fucking sick too.
MX linux gave me problems from Fedora, the MX installer wants to use a different version of luks than my Fedora install has, so it can't encrypt the drive. I'm sure I could just download luks1 and have luks1 and luks2 on my fedora install just so that I could make the MX drive, OR I could find a distro that doesn't require it, like Parrot, Slax, puppy, or yes, Kali. Out of those, Slax and puppy are fine or whatever, but Parrot and Kali are honestly better and easier for the task. Also depends on what you're doing with it. Just writing emails and browsing? Use anything.
There isn't really a reason other than security (sometimes works requires me to go to places where the security is not the best, the steam deck comes with me just to play during the boring times, normally I don't use it for anything else then that but lately I have been thinking that I can do some important related minor things with the device. Just for the fun of it and see how much I can get out of it). I want something that i can keep a little protected for on the go. Seeing that i am not always around my main workstation. But when I was thinking about my options, the first thing that pop it up in my mind was Tails. But I'm going to look into Kali for doing this. Seems another good option.
But yeah, I could always just move from steam OS and use Bazitte. That one also have a better option.
+1 Kali is the live USB that I carry in my laptop bag at all times. It just has so many tools preinstalled they its great when you need to do a recovery when you have issues getting online