Re: [Tails-dev] [Freepto] Let's share username, /etc/hostn…

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Autor: Patrick Schleizer
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Dla: The Tails public development discussion list, freepto, matth, adrelanos, abel
Temat: Re: [Tails-dev] [Freepto] Let's share username, /etc/hostname and /etc/host among all anonymity distributions
Hi!

sajolida@???:
> Note that in the case of Tails, we recommend our users against doing
> this. Which is mix different identities in a same working session:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/warning/#index8h1


Whonix has a similar warning:
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Warning#Whonix_doesn.27t_magically_separate_your_different_contextual_identities

> If you don't take care about this yourself, there are probably other
> ways that you can fuck it up (through the browser, the Tor config, etc.).


> But still, I totally understand your point and I'm wondering whether the
> same assumption "not mixing identities" apply to all the distros that we
> are talking about. For example to Whonix?


Applies to Whonix as well.

> And also, it's not because we recommend our users against doing
> something that we should take for granted that they will handle their
> contextual identities in perfect way (given this can be a really
> subjective topic). And we should still try our best to limit the
> consequences in case they do mix them or simply commit a mistake.


That's the thing. Realistically only a small fraction of users reads,
remembers and really applies what is recommended in documentation.
Murphy's law also agrees. So the best way is to work towards solutions
that assume, that the user didn't apply that advice.

Having that said and after thinking about Tobias Frei's reasoning, I am
now more convinced that shared values should be preferred over random
values.

Cheers,
Patrick