On 01/02/2014 04:29 PM, Thomas Benjamin wrote: > My R&D group has actually been doing some work along these lines.
Hi, Tom! > One of the key issues here is that the "boot off CD" model for desktops > / laptops translates poorly into the main model of SD card boot on > Android devices. Most Android devices will not boot automatically from > an SD card, Yes, in fact, I have only known the early Nook Color devices to do this. Are there other devices on the market that have this capability? What I am wondering is if the Ubuntu devs have come up with a dual-boot system, if that can be modified to load a system image from an SD or USB storage system. Perhaps it is also something CyanogenMod could support. I will need to ask them and dig into the code, but if you have any clues that would be great. >which means that in general traces must be left on the phone > (we are currently just working with phones) of the fact that you use / > have used Tails. We can ensure that anything that happens during a > Tails session is encrypted before it can touch persistent store, but we > want the same level of deniability offered by CD or USB boot on a > laptop. If possible on an un-rooted phone even. Right, and again that was what made the Nook so awesome. You didn't even have to root, I believe. For now, I am willing to give up on deniability, as long as we can match the security of the Tails session itself. > On the same note: If someone has or wants to build a list of devices > that will automatically boot from SD card if it is inserted, or if some > magic key combination is pressed during boot, I would be insanely happy. > I think we have part of such a list which is one of the things I want > to open up when I can. I know there are some, but we want to build a > solution for a broader range of devices, and it seems like auto-SD boot > is rare on phones. Yes, see my earlier comments. I will see if we can start a list on our wiki. Thanks for the feedback. +n _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
