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by jwilk 3300 days ago
Previous versions of Tails already had exuberant hardware requirements.

I guess privacy is only for the rich.
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weberc2 3300 days ago
Yeah, this is a consequence of limited resources. In an ideal world, the good guys would have resources for all the things, I guess.
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nextlevelwizard 3299 days ago
Literally nothing is preventing you from creating your own secure Linux installation on any hardware you've got.
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ViViDboarder 3299 days ago
Besides ones technical skills. Not all activists are knowledgeable enough to just roll their own distro.
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Sir_Substance 3299 days ago
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.
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