On 04/11/13 00:20, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote: >>> 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. > > If you are an adversary to the NSA then you are not a whistleblower, > an activist, someone who might be censored. So in conclusion, you > think that only people who care about their own security but that do > not belong in the other categories should use TAILS?
The adversary bit was a little joke of mine, because everybody is an adversary to the NSA. ;-) More seriously, I think anyone who can understand Tor, and can find a use for Tails could use it. A lot of people do not understand Tor is though. > Is TAILS free software or does it contain some non-free? > > Is there a way to make Trisquel safe for rights activists? > > Thank you for your input. Unfortunately Tails is not fully free software. I asked on the IRC, and later read on the forums that Tails contains proprietary firmware for WiFi devices. It also has the Debian non-free repo in its sources.list activated by default, which is a shame. Having a Tor enabled Trisquel would be useful, but maybe difficult to create. I don't really fully understand how Tails is built yet. It's derived from Debian, so maybe a free version could be derived from gNewSense instead. Although gNewSense is lagging a little behind Debian releases, which might make things more difficult. Andrew.
