Re: [Tails-dev] Tool to check the integrity of a USB stick

Hi,

standard (2026-07-21):
> We use Tails a lot, thank you for your work!

I'm happy it's helpful! :)

> In our thread model, an opposant might get physically the USB stick to
> inject malwares inside the squashfs partition, and the user would never
> know the Tails is corrupted.
>
> Currently, Tails has an option to clone itself and update another stick
> with ease.
> It would be incredible if we can test the integrity of another stick
> using an integrated Tails app! Maybe re-using the GrapheneOS's Auditor
> options (auditee, auditor, remote verification).

Thank you for this contribution and for reaching out to us!

Please start by reading the discussions on the issue about this topic:
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/work_items/7496

In particular, see the most recent discussion that starts on
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/work_items/7496#note_252948

Cheers,
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intrigeri