On 21/10/13 19:39, sajolida@??? wrote:
>>>>> _("You are going to install Tails on the %(vendor)s %(model)s
>>>>> device (%(size)s). " "All data on the selected drive will be lost.
>>>>> " "Continue?")
>>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid that the phrasing make the suer believe that her data is
>>>> actually erased, which is not the case, but that's not a regression.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure I understand your concern with this phrasing. Do you mean
>>> the user might think her data is securely deleted from the device
>>> while it is not?
>>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> What about : "You won't be able to easily access the data currently
>> saved on the selected drive anymore."
>
> I think this might be more precise from a technical point of view but it
> is not more explicit than the previous one to explain that this doesn't
> do secure deletion on the drive. Plus, we shouldn't pretend things are
> "easy" or "difficult" for a user.
>
> What about:
>
> « All data on the selected drive will be lost. Note that this does not
> securely erase the data on the drive. Continue? »
>
> But since we don't document a reliable procedure to securely erase a
> whole USB stick, I feel weird warning people about something that we
> don't offer them a solution for.
>
> But if you really think that's better, then I'm ok with that.
Actually, I think the right place to give that kind of detail is the
documentation. We already have a warning at the beginning of the section
/doc/first_steps/usb_installation and I'm updating with for the doc on
SDIO. So I'd rather not overload that dialog box with that.
