On 01/11/13 12:02, uedibupi wrote: > 1. What is TAILS useful for? Booting an OS to do something that doesn't require any of your own data is the typical use case for any Live CD/DVD, including Tails.
For example, if I use someone else's computer to do casual browsing for a few hours I might bring along a CD/USB and boot directly into Tails. > 2. Who is TAILS designed for? Whistleblowers, activists, people who might be censored, people who might be watched, people who care about their own security. > 3. When should I use TAILS? When shouldn't I use TAILS? You should not use Tails if you are considered an adversary to the NSA. > 4. Is it possible to transfer files from a virtual operating system > to a USB stick and vice versa? Depends on the VM setup, I haven't tried this. If you directly boot into Tails, yes it is certainly possible. > 5. Is it possible to run TAILS as a virtual operating system? Yes. But Tails will warn you that the host OS can theoretically spy on you. > 6. Which software can I use to run virtual operating systems? I only > know Virtualbox. Are there any alternatives? KVM, qemu, but I've never tried these. Andrew.
