> On Oct 2, 2025, at 6:12 AM, anonym <anonym@???> wrote:
> Otherwise, I have nothing to add to the great response from David A. Wheeler.
Thank you!
This revealed to me that the current Tails.net <
http://tails.net/> website doesn't include any information on how to safely get
a good USB stick, or that this is important. There are a lot of counterfeits and low-quality
sticks that could make Tails *appear* to work poorly. In addition, targeted users
(such as journalists/reporters, democracy activists, missionaries) need to take additional
precautions (they should NOT request sticks by mail), which isn't obvious.
I propose that the Tails documentation include this information, since
a good (or bad) USB stick will impact *everything*. Issue with some starter text is here:
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/21248
--- David A. Wheeler
