Re: [tor-talk] What's written to HD?

[Dan Hughes <danhughes146@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Mon, 12/11/12, andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The first question
> you asked is: "Does TBB write user content to disk?" The
> answer
> to the first question is no, it uses ram cache only.

And so most people would think does setting disk cache to 0 on bog standard Firefox, but it still leaves content identifying flash cookies on the HD. So "no" is a strange confusing answer imo. I take it that swap qualifies as the OS's fault ..seems like dealing with pedantic legal technicalities when it's obvious what a laymenis trying to ask! 




> I suppose a third question you imply is "what does tails
> write
> to disk?" 

I've no idea why you thought that!


> And now you blur TBB with Tails, they
> are two separate entities. 

Again, i'm pretty sure there's is no confusion between the two here. I'm assuming Tails has it's entire gubbins in RAM; that's the whole point of it. But it does include Tor/Vidalia but older versions of them. I was imagining ( it's probably nonsense) that Tails could act as some type of VM (to insure no traces of anything end up on disk), whilst a separate installation of TBB say on a USB could run inside it like the other apps, and it take care of anonymity online instead of the older Tor that comes with it. Probably rubbish, but it seems Tails and TBB have different specialised strengths at the moment.

The question of swap files and hibernation raised by someone else is pretty fundamental. It's pointless and misleading just talking pedantically about disk cache as it doesn't matter to the user exactly what blows the gaff.

As far as I can tell: if you want to keep the computer clean, then use Tails. If you want to be anonymous, best bet is latest TBB. If you want both...then who knows ...

Some of you guys need a bit more understanding for us noobs who don't know what we're talking about.



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