"There are a lot of tools around to help you protect your privacy online, but it's not always easy to know whether you're using them correctly. For example, you may be using Tor but you (or someone using your computer) may have installed a plugin that can betray your identity. Or perhaps you're using a computer that may have been compromised - for example, it's not unheard of for companies and internet cafes to use false certificates installed on their machines to allow them to read HTTPS content. Tails aims to solve these problems by providing you with a live distro that has the best open source security and privacy set up and ready to go. Just boot off the dvd and you have a secure environment.
By default, everything will be locked down and your web traffic encrypted and anonymised. And it will leave no trace of your actions on the computer you use it on. The security, while set by default, isn't idiot proof. It's possible to turn back on things that are by default off, such as cookies and website scripts. If you do this, you will potentially reveal your identity to any eavesdroppers. To enhance your security further, you should restart the system each time you want to use a different online persona, such as an email address or chat account. The system doesn't have an option to install, because this would leave it open to tampering."
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"There are a lot of tools around to help you protect your privacy online, but it's not always easy to know whether you're using them correctly. For example, you may be using Tor but you (or someone using your computer) may have installed a plugin that can betray your identity. Or perhaps you're using a computer that may have been compromised - for example, it's not unheard of for companies and internet cafes to use false certificates installed on their machines to allow them to read HTTPS content. Tails aims to solve these problems by providing you with a live distro that has the best open source security and privacy set up and ready to go. Just boot off the dvd and you have a secure environment.
By default, everything will be locked down and your web traffic encrypted and anonymised. And it will leave no trace of your actions on the computer you use it on. The security, while set by default, isn't idiot proof. It's possible to turn back on things that are by default off, such as cookies and website scripts. If you do this, you will potentially reveal your identity to any eavesdroppers. To enhance your security further, you should restart the system each time you want to use a different online persona, such as an email address or chat account. The system doesn't have an option to install, because this would leave it open to tampering."