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posted by janrinok on Wednesday August 03 2016, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the AC's-dream dept.

Tails Linux 2.5 is out (Aug 2, 2016).

Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly.

It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card independently of the computer's original operating system. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Tails comes with several built-in applications pre-configured with security in mind: web browser, instant messaging client, email client, office suite, image and sound editor, etc

= Announcements:
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_2.5/index.en.html
https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/760516381905448968
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/amnesia-news/2016-August/000110.html
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/760516806587117568

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday August 03 2016, @05:03PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 03 2016, @05:03PM (#383661) Journal

    My own view is that a fair number of our users use Tails regularly - we even provide an Onion Router address for those who wish to maintain their anonymity while they access this site. Boron serves our TOR Hidden Services if my memory is correct. As each Tails release usually identifies some weaknesses in the previous versions it is vital that users keep up to date.

    This is not the same as any other software release - individuals are not relying on Debian, Slack or Windows to provide the same level of security and privacy.

    Nevertheless, if our members don't want it, then we should stop reporting it.

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