<p>The Persistent Storage is not hidden. An attacker in possession of your USB stick can know that there is a Persistent Storage on it. Take into consideration that you can be forced or tricked to give out its passphrase.</p>
<div class="tip"> <p>We recommend choosing a long passphrase made of five to seven random words. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/">Learn moreSee this article about memorizable and secure passphrases.</a></p> </div>
<div class="tip"> <p>We recommend choosing a long passphrase made of five to seven random words. <a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/03/26/passphrases-can-memorize-attackers-cant-guess/">See this article about memorizable and secure passphrases.</a></p> </div>
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The assistant shows a list of the possible persistence featurelist of features of the Persistent Storage appears. Each feature corresponds to a set of files or settings tohat can be saved in the encrypted pPersistent sStorage.
The list of features of the Persistent Storage appears. Each feature corresponds to a set of files or settings that can be saved in the Persistent Storage.
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We recommend you to only activate the <span class="guilabel">Personal Data</span> persistenceturn on the Personal Data feature for the time being. You can activateturn on more features later on according to your needs.
[[!img install/inc/screenshots/welcome_screen_with_persistence.png link="no" alt="Welcome to Tails!"]]
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In the <span class="guilabel">Use persistence?</span> section, choose <span class="guilabel">Yes</span> to activate the encrypted p**Encrypted Persistent Storage** section, enter your passphrase and click **Unlock** to unlock the Persistent sStorage for the current working session.
In the **Encrypted Persistent Storage** section, enter your passphrase and click **Unlock** to unlock the Persistent Storage for the current working session.
1. You can now save your personal files and working documents in the <span class="guilabel">Persistent</span> folder. To open the <span class="guilabel">Persistent</span> folder choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Places</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Persistent</span></span>.
1. You can now save your personal files and working documents in the <span class="guilabel">Persistent</span> folder. To open the <span class="guilabel">Persistent</span> folder choose <span class="menuchoice"> <span class="guimenu">Places</span> ▸ <span class="guimenuitem">Persistent</span></span>.
