Skip to content
GitLab
Projects
Groups
Snippets
/
Help
Help
Support
Community forum
Keyboard shortcuts
?
Submit feedback
Contribute to GitLab
Sign in / Register
Toggle navigation
Menu
Open sidebar
tails
tails
Commits
4eef9cd1
Commit
4eef9cd1
authored
Apr 09, 2012
by
Tails developers
Browse files
doc: Fix the instructions to securely delete a persistent storage.
parent
b1857a15
Changes
1
Hide whitespace changes
Inline
Side-by-side
wiki/src/doc/first_steps/persistence/delete.mdwn
View file @
4eef9cd1
...
...
@@ -17,12 +17,18 @@ the same USB stick without having to reinstall Tails.
<strong>This technique may not prevent an attacker to recover the files of the
old persistent storage using [[data
recovery techniques|encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#index1h1]].</strong>
For more security, you can do the following operations on the USB stick:
For more security, start Tails from another media, and do the following
operations on the USB stick that you want to delete securely:
<ol>
<li>[[Erase Tails|resetting_a_usb_stick]]</li>
<li>[[Securely clean all the available disk space|encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#index4h1]]</li>
<li>[[Reinstall Tails|usb_installer]]</li>
<li>[[Create a new persistent storage|persistence/configure]]</li>
<li>[[Create an encrypted partition|encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes]]
on the whole USB stick. This step erases both Tails and the persistent storage
from the USB stick.</li>
<li>[[Securely clean all the available disk
space|encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion#index4h1]] on this new encrypted
partition.</li>
<li>[[Reinstall Tails|usb_installer]] on the USB stick.</li>
<li>Start Tails from the USB stick and [[create a new persistent
storage|persistence/configure]].</li>
</ol>
</div>
Write
Preview
Supports
Markdown
0%
Try again
or
attach a new file
.
Cancel
You are about to add
0
people
to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Cancel
Please
register
or
sign in
to comment