[Tails-dev] Tails: encrypted storage

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Hi,

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> Local encrypted storage should be better supported. It is currently
> possible to use 'cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/foo nameofmapperdevice"
> but this is not friendly at all.


What kind of local encrypted storage have you found not supported by
the GNOME disk utility? (apps -> system -> disk utility) LVM over
LUKS, probably? Anything else?

> It would be nice to offer to securely encrypt, format and use other
> usb disks.


Done: https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes/

> Additionally, persistant storage for the user's home directory would
> also be nice but is a much larger issue.


This is being worked on as an high priority task:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/persistence/


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