intrigeri: >> → We could add to "System requirements" that Tails requires a USB or PS2 >> keyboard and mouse. > > ... or add the lack of bluetooth input devices support to known > issues: there may be more than USB and PS/2 that work just fine.
Ok, that could work but read on. >> Unfortunately, #5336 which is blocking #5451 has no description, > > I'm not sure what #5336 has to do with that. It's just one future step > on the road to #5451, which is about implementing the general "disable > unsafe bus unless used at boot" plan, whose main sub-ticket is #5547. > I have just added some relationships between these sub-ticket to help > make this clearer. There is probably some more ticket gardening that > could be worth doing in this area. > >> but does that mean that until #5336 is resolved > > I doubt you really mean #5336 here. I meant 5451 which is blocking 5751, sorry. But that was just a wait for me to try to understand better the issue... I think that your answer to the rest of my email gives me all the info I needed. >> we want to discourage our users from using BlueTooth at all? > > We're effectively already discouraging them from using BlueTooth, > since we don't ship the software stack needed to use it. So, I don't > really get the question. Did I miss anything? Well... so far you proposed to mention that in "known issues". I think that if it is a choice of Tails to prevent people from using BlueTooth input devices because it is crappy and unsafe, then this needs to appear somewhere in the main doc since that's a deliberate "feature". And not as an "issue", that might get fixed at some point. > Regarding #5751, I see value in supporting BlueTooth in some cases > (e.g. to use one's phone to provide Internet access), but I'm not sure > that we should support BlueTooth keyboards without displaying > a warning, advicing to plug another kind of keyboard if possible. > This kind of hardware is not that widespread, and it is *very* unsafe. > OTOH, we don't try to detect wireless keyboards plugged via USB, so > I'm maybe over-engineering it. Apparently, recent iMac comes with a BlueTooth keyboard and mouse by default. That's what makes me think that we shouldn't consider this as a corner case, especially once we'll have UEFI. https://www.apple.com/imac/features/ >> → So we could also add a FAQ "Can I use a bluetooth keyboard or mouse?" >> and explain there the workaround with gnome-bluetooth unless we think >> that's too risky. > > Maybe: > > * document how to use some BlueTooth devices we definitely want to > support, e.g. to get Internet access > * warn against using BlueTooth input devices > > OTOH, it's really not a frequently asked question in my experience, so > I am really not sure it is worth spending any time, and making the FAQ > longer, just for this. > > My current take on it is to just add something to known issues, and be > done with it. -- sajolida
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