Tails 3.0 Released

Re:Tails 3.0 Released by skraelingjar on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:25PM (#14548791)

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.

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by Laforet on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:22PM (#14549523)

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.

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by dogma1138 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:22PM (#14549848)

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.

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by boondaburrah on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @09:22PM (#14550089)

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.

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by dogma1138 on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @11:30AM (#14553443)

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

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by Sir_Substance on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:49AM (#14551256)

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

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by jwilk on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @05:53PM (#14548993)

Previous versions of Tails already had exuberant hardware requirements.

I guess privacy is only for the rich.

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by weberc2 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:02PM (#14549037)

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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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by nextlevelwizard on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:37AM (#14550677)

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

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by ViViDboarder on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:39AM (#14550686)

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

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Re:Tails 3.0 Released by Sir_Substance on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @03:50AM (#14551258)

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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