Bug #11388

Tails Installer clones any garbage to any new device

Added by mawo 2016-04-29 04:36:19 . Updated 2016-05-02 16:25:50 .

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2016-04-29
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Description

Helping a user to solve Bug #11387 I found that garbage in Tails partition of USB stick is cloned to a new device.

I verified it by creating /lib/live/mount/medium/live/watermark.txt on a life system which got cloned when installing to or upgrading another stick by cloning.
Same when modifying an offline USB stick, booting it and then cloning it.
1st use case that came into my mind is watermarking a stick to get an idea of its distribution.

I consider it a risky behavior to rely on a safe, clean environment and just copy it. It reminds me of not checking input values of web forms.
Shouldn’t Tails installer rather only copy what it knows (ideally even checksum checked)?

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Related issues

Is duplicate of Tails - Bug #7073: Cloning Tails from installer copies all files from the live partition Confirmed 2014-04-12

History

#1 Updated by segfault 2016-05-02 16:25:27

  • is duplicate of Bug #7073: Cloning Tails from installer copies all files from the live partition added

#2 Updated by segfault 2016-05-02 16:25:50

  • Status changed from New to Duplicate
  • Priority changed from Elevated to Low