[skraelingjar]

I wonder if this will effect journalists and activists in parts of the world where old machines are still used (Africa, Middle East, parts of Asia). Not being able to make use of newer browser versions (without updating every time or taking the risk of using a persistent volume) could put them at greater risk.

[Laforet]

I don't think it is unreasonable to assume everyone already has a 64-bit capable PC considering the most recent mainstream 32-bit only CPU is 2004's first gen Prescott Pentium 4.

[dogma1138]

Intel early centrinos are not 64bit (Dothan / Banias) so are the initial Core / Core Duo CPUs (Yona).

Intel didn't release a mobile 64bit CPU until 2006/7 with Core 2 Duo.

Also the initial implementations of Intel64/EMT64 lack certain functions so even tho they technically support 64bit they might lack certain other features that are required by modern operating systems.

So overall if you have a 10 year old laptop you might not be able to use Tails 3.0.

[boondaburrah]

not even. If you have a netbook from 2009 the ubiquitous Intel Atom N270 that powered all of those was a single-core 32-bit CPU.

[dogma1138]

I forgot about the Atoms completely, are they even 64bit now?

[Sir_Substance]

My thought as well. Those things are everywhere like rats.

[jwilk]

Previous versions of Tails already had exuberant hardware requirements.

I guess privacy is only for the rich.

[weberc2]

Yeah, this is a consequence of limited resources. In an ideal world, the good guys would have resources for all the things, I guess.

[nextlevelwizard]

Literally nothing is preventing you from creating your own secure Linux installation on any hardware you've got.

[ViViDboarder]

Besides ones technical skills. Not all activists are knowledgeable enough to just roll their own distro.

[Sir_Substance]

Beyond that, I thought it was now well understood that rolling ones own security software is a terrible idea. Many eyeballs etc. Activists with the technical skills /should not/ roll their own, they should definitely contribute to existing projects.