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< 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 < a href = "https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager/index.en.html" > here< / a > . < / p >
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< p > < h2 > < u > OPSEC Recommendations:< / u > < / h2 > < / p >
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< li > < p > Hardware : (Personal Computer / Laptop)< / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Host OS: < a href = "../linux/index.html" > Linux< / a > < / p > < / li >
< li > < p > Hypervisor: < a href = "../hypervisorsetup/index.html" > libvirtd QEMU/KVM< / a > < / p > < / li >
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< li > < p > Application: < a href = "../index.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 < a href = "../anonymityexplained/index.html" > Anonymous use< / a > , as per the < a href = "../opsec4levels/index.html" > 4 basic OPSEC levels< / a > .< / p >
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< p > < u > Sidenote:< / u > If your ISP does not allow Tor traffic, make sure that you < a href = "../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 >
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< h2 > < b > Tails Setup < / b > < / h2 >
< p > First we download Tails OS as a USB image < a href = "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 persistent 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 persistent 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 >
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< h2 > < b > Persistent Storage Setup< / b > < / h2 > < / br > < / br >
< p > Next, if you want to enable the persistent storage go there:< / p >
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< p > make sure you enter a strong password that can't be bruteforced easily:< / p >
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< p > then hit "create persistent storage" and wait a bit for the operation to complete:< / p >
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< p > Then adjust the settings as per your liking, if you want the persistent storage to store more than it does by default:< / p >
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< p > Then if you want to install additional software you can launch a terminal:< / p >
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< p > Then from there you can use sudo because you enabled the administrator password, and install software:< / p >
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amnesia@amnesia:~$ sudo apt update -y ; sudo apt install neofetch -y
[sudo] password for amnesia:
Get:1 tor+https://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease [151 kB]
Get:2 tor+http://apow7mjfryruh65chtdydfmqfpj5btws7nbocgtaovhvezgccyjazpqd.onion/torproject.org bookworm InRelease [3,526 B]
Get:3 tor+https://cdn-fastly.deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease [48.0 kB]
[...]
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< p > Then once the software installed, you have the possibility to store it in the persistent storage as well, so that it can be available when you launch tails again:< / p >
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amnesia@amnesia:~$ neofetch
`` amnesia@amnesia
./yhNh ---------------
syy/Nshh `:o/ OS: Tails x86_64
N:dsNshh \u2588 `ohNMMd Host: KVM/QEMU (Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) pc-q35-9.0)
N-/+Nshh `yMMMMd Kernel: 6.1.0-21-amd64
N-yhMshh yMMMMd Uptime: 13 mins
N-s:hshh \u2588 yMMMMd so//. Packages: 1854 (dpkg)
N-oyNsyh yMMMMd d Mms. Shell: bash 5.2.15
N:hohhhd:. yMMMMd syMMM+ Resolution: 1280x800
Nsyh+-..+y+- yMMMMd :mMM+ DE: GNOME 43.9
+hy- -ss/`yMMMM `+d+ WM: Mutter
:sy/. ./yNMMMMm `` WM Theme: Adwaita
.+ys- `:+hNMMMMMMy/` Theme: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
`hNmmMMMMMMMMMMMMdo. Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3]
dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNh: Terminal: gnome-terminal
+hMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmy. CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-11700K (2) @ 3.600GHz
-oNMMMMMMMMMMmy+.` GPU: 00:01.0 Red Hat, Inc. Virtio 1.0 GPU
`:yNMMMds/.` Memory: 1313MiB / 3915MiB
.//`
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< p > And that's it! We managed to run tails OS from a QEMU VM and install some software into the persistent storage.< / p >
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