On 21/10/13 19:39, [email protected] 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.
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