Tails is a real system that aims to keep your anonymity and privacy. Standing for The Amnesic Incognito Live System, it enables you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship virtually wherever you go and on any computer, leaving no trace unless you explicitly request it to.

It is a complete operating system designed to be used independently of the computer's original operating system from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card.

Tails comes with a number of pre-configured built-in applications for security: web browser, email client, instant messaging client, office suite, image and sound editor, and other applications.

What is Tails?

Tails is a portable Linux distribution based on Debian that combines the GNOME desktop, the Tor network, and a number of other tools to provide a computer experience that is safe and anonymous.

How Safe is Tails?

As long as you do not run Tails on an infected machine, it is very safe. Tails is designed to operate independently from any computer using a USB stick. In any case, on the off chance that the host PC is tainted with malware, for example, a keylogger, your security would be in danger.

How Does Tails Guard Against Intrusion?

Tails is pre-configured to run from the memory of your computer and never stores data locally unless you tell it to. This implies that each time you shut down Tails, the memory is cleaned off, erasing all hints of your work and each new meeting begins as a clean canvas.

How To Download Tails

If you want to download and give Tails a try, go to the homepage for Tails and download from there.