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paravirtualizedon Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance and censorship

> it won't allow me to create virtualbox images

What's the use case[1] for VirtualBox images in an operating system designed around virtualization with Xen? You can simply create a Xen VM.

[1]: Note that I'm asking a question here, not invalidating your experience.

paravirtualizedon Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance and censorship

Tails has a very specific use case, very few people need anti-forensics.

I suggest looking into Whonix[1] if you want something that you can truly use for privacy. It is also much more secure than Tails by design, and does not have any limitations like locking down the root user account.

Summary from GitHub:

"Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It's based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and security by isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, and not even malware with root privileges can find out the user's real IP."

[1]: https://www.whonix.org/wiki/FAQ

paravirtualizedon NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild

> unless you've personally vetted the code I don't see how it can be trusted.

As opposed to proprietary Google code that cannot be vetted?