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If two USB drives are connected to a Windows notebook, one containing the Tails OS, are there any security loopholes or anonymity breaches by downloading files from .onion sites to the second USB drive? Are there any give-aways during transmission.
How about SD cards instead of USB drives for saving files?
Is the separate USB/SD safer than saving files directly to the notebook's hard drive, whether or not it's encrypted? Is the usage of encrypted USBs or SDs any better?
are there any security loopholes or anonymity breaches by downloading files from .onion sites to the second USB drive? Are there any give-aways during transmission.
Even if Tails can't protect against compromised hardware, the internal Harddrive is not accessible from Tails by default, so an eventual attacker should not be able to make a copy of your data when transmitting to the second USB stick.
Is the usage of encrypted USBs or SDs any better?
Definitively. Tails comes with everything you need
Well, first of all - remember, that Tails is Linux by heart, so - basically - there's an attack vector for gaining access to all the hard drives attached. If you want true anonymity - unplug it when you're using Tails : physically or via BIOS. Where to save data - it's totally up to you: Tails is Linux, so just mount it and use it
