Re: [Tails-dev] Rewrite live-persist as part of Persistent S…

Delete this message

Reply to this message
Author: segfault
Date:  
To: tails-dev
Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] Rewrite live-persist as part of Persistent Storage settings rewrite
Topi Toosi:
> Hi,
>
>
> As a user I would be slightly worried if a user level script would be
> able to silently activate and start using persistence features I
> specifically have not enabled.
>
> Currently there is some assurance that data related to one Tails session
> will not be written to the persistent storage if the storage is not
> mounted at bootup.
>
> Will there be a way to ensure that the backend is unable to perform
> these steps without user interaction?


We will ensure that only the Persistent Storage frontend can access the
backend, not any other applications started by the amnesia user.