Re: [Tails-dev] Storing keyboard & lamguage preferences

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Hi,

sajolida@??? wrote (28 Apr 2013 09:10:58 GMT) :
> On 23/04/13 19:29, Marco Calamari wrote:
>> When using persistence on USB stick, is there
>> any automatic or easy way to store preferences like
>> interface language, keyboard language & keymap
>> in a way they are restored at next reboot?


> It's not possible so far. We are thinking about that but the problem is
> that if this information is stored in persistence then the user would
> have to enter the passphrase first (chicken and egg problem here). And
> if this preference is stored outside of the persistence volume then it
> reveals bits of information from the user that are not encrypted.


Last time we discussed this, we decided to save language and keymap
information in cleartext:
https://tails.boum.org/todo/allow_choosing_language_at_installation_time/

Cheers,
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