Re: [Tails-ux] Help needed: sandboxing the Tor Browser vs. d…

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Autor: intrigeri
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A: Tails user experience & user interface design
Assumpte: Re: [Tails-ux] Help needed: sandboxing the Tor Browser vs. downloads and uploads directories
Hi,

spencerone@??? wrote (09 Feb 2015 09:57:40 GMT) :
>>>> intrigeri intrigeri[at]boum.org:
>>> And this is overlooking that amnesia, i.e., to
>>> forget, is not what is really happening, e.g., the files are being removed, i.e.,
>>> deleted, as I am sure there are traces of them in some form on the
>>> storage device.
>>>
>> What do you mean exactly? What's stored outside of the persistent
>> volume is *not* written to disk. Ever. If it is, then you've found
>> a pretty serious breakage of our design goals, and I'm very curious.
>>


> Well, given this:
>     * ~/Tor Browser/
>     * ~/Persistent/Tor Browser/


> Isn't there a location for the amnesiac files? If so, they physically exist at some
> point and, to fulfill the amnesiac function of the experience, are then removed,
> right?


Yes, but _only in RAM_.

> In my experience, these files can be located like deleted pictures on any
> portable media storage device, though my severe lack of expert knowledge in this area
> might be the cause of my misconception.


You're correct for non-RAM storage. Tails doesn't use non-RAM storage
except for explicitly persisted stuff. It's amnesic :)

Cheers,
--
intrigeri