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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: helpmywife on July 15, 2013, 02:10 pm
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but hopefully i can go around that. now a usb stickcan havespyware shit on there so i can get screwed now is that also possible on a dvd of tails?
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but hopefully i can go around that. now a usb stickcan havespyware shit on there so i can get screwed now is that also possible on a dvd of tails?
encrypt everything mate then encrypt it again
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NO, I MEAN IF I BAUGHT A USB STICK IT COULD BE PLAGUED with spyware so i will set up my own, but i must go dvd to usb unless i buy a dvd with tails. can somebody also put spyware on a dvd?
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you can low level format dod a usb drive
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I wish there weren't shady vendors, the community is finding more and more of them.
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Do not encrypt anything, you are safe.
-Not the NSA
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it's really easy and cheap to install tails on a usb by yourself using one of the many guides available online! no need to risk getting spyware n shit
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there are some shady vendors, and some shady buyers.
imo there are more sound ones of each though fortunately
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Vendors that don't ask for an early finalization don't ever seem shady to me.
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Semi related to this topic, I have seen vendors offering USB sticks with Tails pre-installed - you would have to put some trust into those vendors to make sure they have not pre-installed something nasty on there as well. To the OP: If you are buying a USB drive from the shops and then installing a copy of Tails I would not worry about it. If there is something nasty from the manufacturer on the USB drive chances are it would have been found out by now. If you are paranoid purchase a hub (not switch, you need to capture traffic from other ports) and plug another PC into that to capture all traffic (ie. don't capture it on the host that is potentially compromised). Some switches can also do the same "feature", look for span port or mirror port. You can review everything in/out from a network perspective (leave it plugged in for a few days, idle, with the operating system running after using it for a period of time to be sure). No good capturing data if you can't get it out.
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Dude you should totally trust a vendor selling Tails USB.
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everyones shady trust no one
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anonniemousse, how exactly can a preloaded TAILS USB stick be bad? idu
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everyones shady trust no one
yip and take this from a hero member :'(