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Your secure computer anywhere. Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be. Shut down the computer and start on your Tails USB stick instead of starting on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Tails leaves no trace on the computer when shut down.
31 October
Tails 6.9
Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 14.0.1. Update the Tor client to 0.4.8.13. Update Thunderbird to 115.16.0. Fixed problems Fix automatic upgrades aborting with the error message "The upgrade could not be downloaded" even after a successful download. (#20593) For (…)
10 October
Tails 6.8.1
This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 13.5.7, which fixes MFSA 2024-51, a major use-after-free vulnerability. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could take control of Tor (…)
8 October
Tails 6.8
New features File system repair when unlocking the Persistent Storage When the file system of the Persistent Storage has errors, Tails now offers you to repair the file system when unlocking from the Welcome Screen. Because not all file system errors can be safely recovered (…)
26 September
Uniting for Internet Freedom: Tor Project & Tails Join Forces
Today the Tor Project, a global non-profit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity, and Tails, a portable operating system that uses Tor to protect users from digital surveillance, have joined forces and merged operations. Incorporating Tails into the Tor Project's (…)
23 September
Tails report for August 2024
Highlights In August: We continued making it easier for Tails users to recover from the most common failure modes: we released the first iteration of our design to detect a partition table corruption and advise users about it. we worked on implementing detection of the (…)
10 September
Tails 6.7
Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 13.5.3. Update Thunderbird to 115.15.0. Update OnionShare from 2.2 to 2.6, which includes a feature to create an anonymous chat room. Fixed problems Keep the firewall on even during shutdown. (#20536) Stop reporting an error (…)
29 August
Tails report for July 2024
Highlights On our first month back from vacation, we continued making it easier to recover from common failure modes without requiring technical expertise: we drafted an implementation of our design to detect, report, and repair corruption of the Persistent Storage we (…)
13 August
Tails 6.6
Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 13.5.2. Update Thunderbird to 115.14.0. Update many firmware packages. This improves the support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. Detect new types of errors when resizing the system partition fails (the first time (…)
6 August
Converting dangerous documents to safe PDFs using Dangerzone
Today, we added documentation on our website to install Dangerzone in Tails. When you receive untrusted documents, for example, email attachments, Dangerzone allows you to convert them into safe PDFs before opening. Dangerzone is particularly useful for journalists who (…)
15 July
Tails 6.5
Changes and updates Make installation with Tails Cloner 30 seconds faster. (!1588) Update Tor Browser to 13.5.1, including improved letterboxing. Update Debian to 12.6. Fixed problems Fix preparation for first use often breaking legacy BIOS boot and creation of Persistent (…)
