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Tails Linux 4.6 Released

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 06 2020, @08:16PM   
from the PSA dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

"Tails 4.6 is out. This release fixes many security vulnerabilities. You should upgrade as soon as possible. Changes and updates: update Tor Browser to 9.0.10; add support for Universal 2nd Factor USB security keys; update the list of applications in the Favorites applications submenu; to make it easier for new users to discover some of the core features of Tails, we added Configure persistent volume, Tails documentation, WhisperBack Error Reporting and Tails Installer, and removed Terminal; change the input method for Japanese from Anthy to Mozc. Known issues: none specific to this release. Tails 4.7 is scheduled for June 2."

- Changelog
- Release Announcement
- Security fixes

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Original Submission

• Re:LOL security Re:LOL security (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @12:21AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @12:21AM (#991204)

  Let's just debunk this here and now: WhisperBack is their error reporting application
  See also https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/bug_reporting/index.en.html [boum.org]

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• Re:LOL security (Score: 2, Interesting) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:43AM

  by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Thursday May 07 2020, @01:43AM (#991219)

  And some idiot modded it Interesting.

  Sigh.

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• Re:LOL security (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @05:04PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 07 2020, @05:04PM (#991389)

  they don't explain anything about how it's supposedly "anonymous". i'm guessing it's filled with magical tor goodness.

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