Re: [Tails-ux] Questions for VeraCrypt user research

sajolida:
> Hi,
>
> I started drafting questions for VeraCrypt user research that we will
> conduct before December.

Great!

> [...]
> Scope:
>
> - Which fraction of VeraCrypt volume are encrypted file containers?
> encrypted partitions?
> - Are people encrypting their full operating system with VeraCrypt?
> - Which fraction of users are using hidden volumes?
> - Which fraction of users are using keyfiles? Why? How?

- Which fraction of users are using the old TrueCrypt format? (those
can be used in VeraCrypt by checking the "TrueCrypt mode" checkbox)

> Behaviors:
>
> - Do people share files between Tails and their regular operating
> system? Why? How?

Why is this relevant? If you want to find out the use cases for TC/VC, I
would definitely add "Do people share files (via removable media) with
other people who don't use Tails?".

> - Can we rely on file containers having a .tc or .hc extension?
>
> Anything else I'm missing? Any question that is badly framed?

I would also like to get some data on how important it is to get the
TC/VC functionality integrated into GNOME Files in addition to GNOME
Disks. I'm afraid it will be hard to convince upstream to integrate
something which will have false positives and could confuse users into
the heavily used file manager. If we get some data on this, we can
better assess how important it is to get this integrated into GNOME
Files and maybe also use this as an argument in the discussions with
upstream.
To get some data for this, we could ask whether people using TC/VC
already know and use GNOME Disks.

Cheers!