Les acteurs malveillants sont passés à la vitesse supérieure en 2023.

Les systèmes dits d'intelligence artificielle ont gagné en popularité, suralimentant la désinformation sur les programmes politiques (en anglais). Les coupures et ralentissements d'Internet sont devenus solidement ancrés dans les boîtes à outils autoritaires pour censurer les discours progressistes. Et les révélations continuelles d'attaques « zéro clic » ont mis en évidence l'omnipotence dangereuse du complexe militaro-numérique.

Mais nous avons également prévu de relever le défi.

Nous avons construit une stratégie en trois ans sur l'état de l'art pour faire de Tails un adversaire redoutable à ces forces puissantes et répressives. Nous avons des projets pour mieux comprendre l'utilisation de Tails qui est faite par des journalistes et des personnes militantes, et comprendre et améliorer l'utilisation de Tails dans la majorité du monde (en anglais). Tout cela pendant que nous continuons d'ajouter et d'améliorer des fonctionnalités qui rendent Tails encore plus pertinent.

Voici les avancées que nous avons réalisées pendant la première année de ce projet.

Développement produit

Le stockage persistant s'est encore amélioré pour le stockage de données chiffrées.

Tails 5.8 a été l'une des versions les plus importante de Tails ces dernières années. Dans Tails 5.8, nous avons dévoilé un tout nouveau stockage persistant. Le nouveau stockage persistant n'a plus besoin d'un redémarrage après sa création ou à n'importe quel moment de l'activation d'une nouvelle fonctionnalité. Il rend aussi plus facile de garder persistant davantage de paramètres. Cerise sur le gâteau : une métamorphose audacieuse du stockage persistant.

Mais le nouveau stockage persistant n'a pas été drôle et amusant pour les personnes utilisant Tails. Il comportait des erreurs et nous avons travaillé encore plus dur pour corriger les problèmes auxquels ces personnes ont dû faire face.

We didn't stop there. We also continued to add functionality to the Persistent Storage. Now, it is easier to both do backups of the whole Persistent Storage and delete the data of a each feature.

New button to delete the data of a Persistent Storage feature
Option to clone the current Persistent Storage in Tails Installer

We also introduced better password practices for securing the Persistent Storage. Randomly generated diceware passphrases and an upgraded encryption format make the Persistent Storage exponentially more secure.

Improvements to the Tor Connection make it easier to circumvent censorship.

The Tor Connection Assistant is slicker. We improved the error messaging when connecting automatically to the Tor network and the handling of captive portals.

Connecting to Tor is only part of the story. At times, Tails users may find themselves on slow Tor circuits. And worse, unable to troubleshoot issues. So, we've made it easier to close pesky Tor circuits that we can sometimes land on.

Option to close a circuit in Onion Circuits

Tails reste l'un des systèmes d'exploitation les plus sûrs au monde.

This year, we released 15 versions of Tails, ensuring users had the latest Tor Browser and Thunderbird. Yes, FIFTEEN!

We also asked Radically Open Security to do a security audit of Tails. Their findings affirmed our cutting-edge security.

PS: Keeping Tails updated is your best defense against online surveillance and censorship!

Et nous avons commencé à migrer vers notre nouvelle maison !

🎉 ✨ tails.net ✨ 🎉

We completed a bunch of home improvement projects. So our new home is even more welcoming to folks speaking different languages, we overhauled the language switcher. We just added Catalan translations too. Gràcies per ser aquí!

High footfall areas of the website got a new carpet too. Check out our new Contribute, Support, and Contact us pages.

A huge shout-out to the volunteers who made these possible: @jawlensky for the website redesign and to our Catalan translations team!

Community and organizational health

  • Sprints. Our core team organized 2 sprints this year. Around Easter, we bunkered up in Paris. The agenda was budgeting the year ahead and building a roadmap to financial health. Also on the agenda: French cheese, spicy Indian snacks, and Dixit. Later in the year, we met again in a mix of online and in-person participation. We reflected on our efforts this year and hatched plans for a more sustainable future of the project.

  • Reflections. Aspiring to reach and encourage more diverse populations of Tails users, we also embarked on a path to improving the project's diversity. Our core team started meeting fortnightly to reflect on our workplace norms. We are using this text by the Centre for Community Organizations as our guide to reflection and improvement.

Financial health

Malicious actors are not going to buckle down, but neither are we. This year, Tails was instrumental in several high-risk investigations and struggles for progressive change. Like this damning indictment of the Mexican army's systematic surveillance of feminists in the country.

I, (@bokonon), joined our small team at Tails this year, to lead our fundraising activities. I have been obsessing over how a free software project like ours can continue improving Tails while keeping it free. And one thing is already clear: we will need your help. Often.

While we don't know how many Tails users donate to Tails, our guess is ~1%. Tails is designed for use by people living vulnerable, high-risk lives. Many of whom are likely to not be in a position to contribute. Your donations keep Tails free for everybody else!

We are near the end of our campaign to fund Tails in 2024, but quite a way off our goals.

We might never have the resources that powerful, malicious actors do, but we know one thing: together, we can punch much above our weight. As we go into the holidays, join us in ensuring that the Internet does not become synonymous with surveillance and censorship. Give the gift of privacy today!

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