<h1>Tails OS QEMU VM for Temporary Anonymity </h1>
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<p>In this tutorial we're going to look at how you can run Tails OS (The Amnesic Incognito Linux System) in a QEMU VM, following the official documentation <ahref="https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager/index.en.html">here</a>. </p>
<li><p>Application: <ahref="../anon.html">Host-based VPN</a> (if your ISP doesn't allow Tor traffic) </p></li>
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<p>I recommend using this setup into one of the above mentionned VMs, for <ahref="../anonymityexplained/index.html">Anonymous use</a>, as per the <ahref="../opsec4levels/index.html">4 basic OPSEC levels</a>.</p>
<p><u>Sidenote:</u> If your ISP does not allow Tor traffic, make sure that you <ahref="../vpnqemu/index.html">route the QEMU VMs traffic through a VPN</a>, to hide the tor traffic from your ISP (You -> VPN -> Tor) Setup</p>
<p>First we download Tails OS as a USB image <ahref="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">here</a>:</p>
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<p>Then we resize the image size to be able to contain persistant storage (in this case, i'll make it 8Gbs):</p>
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[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/8 ] [nihilist/VAULT/Isos]
→ ls tails-amd64-6.3.img -lash
1.4G -rw-r--r-- 1 nihilist nihilist 1.4G Jun 14 10:15 tails-amd64-6.3.img
[ nowhere ] [ /dev/pts/8 ] [nihilist/VAULT/Isos]
→ truncate -s 8192M tails-amd64-6.3.img
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<p>And now we can create the VM in virt-manager like so:</p>
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<p>Then press enter to launch tails:</p>
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<p>(wait a few seconds for it to load)</p>
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<p>Once in there, depending on your use, you can select to have an admin password and a persistant storage if you need it. Otherwise everything you do in the VM will be wiped clean upon shutdown (hence the word amnesic).</p>
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<p>Then we select connect to tor automatically:</p>
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<p>And here we click start the Tor browser to browse the web anonymously, and if you're curious and want to see the tor Circuits you can view them also:</p>
<p>Then once the software installed, you have the possibility to store it in the persistant storage aswell, so that it can be available when you launch tails again:</p>