Good advice all around. Good to keep in mind.
Does tails run as slowly as tor?In fact it can not be easier.
Download it.
Put it on a flash disk.
Boot it.
More power to you!I accidently outed myself back in the 90,s
I used my real name and e-mail on a Zoo related USENET newsgroup.
Talking about all kinds of Animal related Sex and looking for friends that shared the same desires.
I Did not think, that anyone could really find me on there. I was Young and Dumb!
But I found one day while I was at work, Someone had copied all my postings and hung them up on the bulletin board at work.
Did I get beat up? Hell No, I was a Big guy, they were not about to try messing with me.
Did I get shunned and called names behind my Back? Of Course I did!
Did I care? Fuck No! I Played into it even more and looked for raunchy sounding T-shirts to wear at work, to just piss them off more.
I found a shirt from a rock Band that said "GOAT WHORE" The looks that got me
And I had lettering on the back of my truck that said "I LOVE BEARS" Fuck those mundane Humans, Im not going to be shamed. In fact I never felt SHAME, that's something that religion pounds into you.
So do I care if anyone finds that Im on this site? Hell No they can all just Suck a fart outta my Ass.
Im never going to change who I am, Nor going to hide what I am.
My Room-mates know, My Current Co-Workers kinda have an idea.
Even My Sister Knows. And Total Strangers I could Care less about. I Don't know them, So why should I even care what they think.
And anyone who tries to cause me bodily harm will end up on the business end of a Gun, So Be it.
Why a VM over tails?I mean... it's part of a decent security strategy. You don't want to rely on any one thing to protect yourself. Multi-layer security is the key. Non-logging VPN, non-tracking search engine, privacy-focused browser... those are must-haves. Me, I kinda go overboard... I do all my questionable activities within a Linux virtual machine, because I do not trust any non-open-source operating system to not report back to the mother-ship, and it's pretty easy to nuke a virtual machine, since the virtual hard drive is just another file on your system... delete the file, empty Recycle Bin, and wipe the free space on the HD. Then again, what I do for a living... I kinda know some of the tricks of the trade