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Tails 2.12 Released

posted by martyb on Thursday April 20 2017, @09:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the choose-your-headphones-wisely dept.

butthurt writes:

The Tails project announced the release of version 2.12 of the operating system which focuses on "privacy and anonymity."

The new version includes Gnome Sound Recorder, removes I2P, runs on version 4.9.13 of the Linux kernel, and as per usual remedies "numerous security holes" in the previous release. Distro Watch has additional coverage.

Related story:
TAILS 2.11: The Last Release to Support the I2P Anonymizing Network

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  • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Friday April 21 2017, @09:07AM (1 child)

    by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Friday April 21 2017, @09:07AM (#497311)

    Maybe the blobs don't need malware because modern systems are inherently insecure, regardless.

    If I wanted to add a back-door to a NIC, I would have it listen for a 128bit number (hashed with the MAC address), and then read any instructions from the payload. As a bonus, you can require cryptographic signatures as well: but that would probably at least double the footprint of the malware portion of the image.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by melikamp on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:26AM

    by melikamp (1886) on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:26AM (#497798) Journal
    I totally agree, and given the miniaturization trend, we can now expect any amount of code even in a tiny spec of silicon. Our #1 concern should be a fully free stack that can 3d-print general-purpose 3d-printers, which can print computers, among other things.