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Tails is a [[!wikipedia desc="live operating system" Live_USB]] that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card.

It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to:

- use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship;
  all connections to the Internet are forced to go through [[the Tor network|https://www.torproject.org/]];
- leave no trace on the computer you are using unless you ask it explicitly;
- use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, emails and instant messaging.

[[Learn more about Tails.|about]]

# News

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See [[News]] for more.

# Security

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See [[Security]] for more.

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Tails is built upon Debian.

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Tails is [[Free Software|doc/about/license]].

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Tails sends its traffic through Tor.