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   Tails 6.17 (2025-06-26) (2/2)   
   20 Jul 25 21:33:27   
   
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   >  Features and included software   
   >  Documentation   
   >Leave no trace on the Internet   
   >Tor for everything   
   >Everything you do on the Internet from Tails goes through the Tor network. Tor   
   >encrypts and anonymizes your connection by passing it through 3 relays. Relays   
   >are servers operated by different people and organizations around the world.   
   >A single relay never knows both where the encrypted connection is coming from   
   >and where it is going to:   
   >  The 1st relay only knows where you are coming from but not where you are   
   >  going to.   
   >  This 3rd relay only knows where you are going to but not where you are   
   >  coming from.   
   >  The connection to the final destination is encrypted whenever possible to   
   >  prevent the 3rd relay from reading its content.   
   >This way, Tor is secure by design even if a few relays are malicious.   
   >The Tor network has more than 6 000 relays. Organizations running Tor relays   
   >include universities like the MIT, activist groups like Riseup, nonprofits   
   like   
   >Derechos Digitales, Internet hosting companies like Private Internet Access,   
   and   
   >so on. The huge diversity of people and organizations running Tor relays   
   makes it   
   >more secure and more sustainable.   
   >See also:   
   >  Connecting to the Tor network   
   >  Why does Tails use Tor?   
   >Avoid online surveillance and censorship   
   >Tor prevents someone watching your Internet connection from learning what you   
   >are doing on the Internet.   
   >You can avoid censorship because it is impossible for a censor to know which   
   >websites you are visiting.   
   >If connecting to Tor is blocked or dangerous to use from where you are, for   
   >example in some countries with heavy censorship, you can use bridges to hide   
   that   
   >you are connected to the Tor network.   
   >Avoid tracking and change identity   
   >Tor also prevents the websites that you are visiting from learning where and   
   who   
   >you are, unless you tell them. You can visit websites anonymously or change   
   your   
   >identity.   
   >Online trackers and advertisers won't be able to follow you around from one   
   >website to another anymore.   
   >You can publish a blog or manage a social media account entirely from Tails.   
   If   
   >you only access it from Tails, it cannot be related to you. You can store   
   >documents and images related to this different identity in your Persistent   
   >Storage, keep your passwords in KeePassXC, have a dedicated email account in   
   >Thunderbird, etc.   
   >Software for freedom   
   >Transparency to build trust   
   >All the code of our software is public to allow independent security   
   researchers   
   >to verify that Tails really works the way it should.   
   >See also:   
   >  Trusting Tails   
   >  License and source code distribution   
   >  Design documents   
   >Top security for free   
   >Nobody should have to pay to be safe while using a computer. That is why we   
   are   
   >giving out Tails for free and try to make it easy to use by anybody.   
   >Tails is made by the Tor Project, a global nonprofit developing tools for   
   online   
   >privacy and anonymity.   
   >Our work is funded by donations from people like you and organizations that   
   >support Internet freedom: Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, Open Tech Fund, Craig Newmark   
   >Philanthropies, etc.   
   >See also:   
   >  Donate   
   >  Sponsors   
   >  Social contract   
   >Sharing to be stronger   
   >Tails is built on solid foundations: the Tor network, the Debian operating   
   >system, the GNOME desktop environment, and all the tools included in Tails.   
   >We share back our improvements so that many more people can benefit from our   
   work.   
   >See also:   
   >  Relationship with upstream   
   >  Contribute   
   >  The Tor Project   
   >  Debian GNU/Linux   
   >  GNOME   
   >  Contact   
   >Install Tails   
   [end quoted plain text]   
      
   (using Tor Browser 14.5.4)   
   https://tails.net/install/index.en.html   
   >Install Tails   
   >Windows   
   >macOS   
   >Linux   
   >Terminal   
   >Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG   
   >Download Tails only (for USB sticks)   
   >Latest version: Tails 6.17 from 2025-06-26   
   >If you know someone you trust who uses Tails already, you can install your   
   Tails   
   >by cloning their Tails:   
   >  Install by cloning from another Tails on PC   
   >  Install by cloning from another Tails on Mac   
   >Tails doesn't work on smartphones or tablets. The hardware of smartphones and   
   >tablets is very different from the hardware of computers. For now, it's   
   >impossible to make smartphone and tablet hardware work with Linux   
   distributions   
   >like Tails.   
   >Detailed system requirements and recommended hardware.   
   >Other options   
   >  Burning a Tails DVD   
   >  Running Tails in a virtual machine   
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