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by Fnoord 1319 days ago
> A completely read-only OS with no logging outside RAM or connections to the outside might be used securely if you use the hidden volume as your main OS, but such a system would be too difficult to use properly.

With Tails it'd be feasible. You'd have your user data on a hidden volume.
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egberts1 1319 days ago
Just as long as the hidden volume is not tipped off by an entry in /etc/passwd or something.
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Fnoord 1316 days ago
In this example it can't (normally I'd say be careful with bash_history and such) since Tails would be ro.
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