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• Introduction to this documentation

General information

• Warum ist Anonymität so wichtig?
• Systemvoraussetzungen
• Warnhinweise
• Funktionen und mitgelieferte Programme
• Kann ich verschleiern, dass ich Tails verwende?
• Vertrauenssache
• Lizenzen
• Finanzen

Get Tails

• Neuer Benutzer?
• Download des ISO-Images (DVD-Abbild)
• Verify the ISO image
  • Using Gnome: Ubuntu, Debian, Tails, etc.
  • Using Linux with the command line
  • Using other operating systems
  • Trusting Tails signing key
• Burn a DVD or install onto a USB stick or SD card
• Stay tuned
• Start Tails!

First steps with Tails

• Installing onto a USB stick or SD card (recommended)
  • Manually Installing onto a USB stick or SD card, using Linux, using Windows using Mac
  • Uninstalling Tails or resetting a USB stick or SD card, using Linux, using Windows
• Upgrading a Tails USB stick or SD card
• Start Tails
• Startup options
  • Administration password
  • Tor bridge mode
  • Windows camouflage
• Introduction to GNOME and the Tails desktop
• Accessibility
• Persistence
  • Warnings about persistence
  • Create & configure the persistent volume
  • Enable & use the persistent volume
  • Change the passphrase of the persistent volume
  • Manually copy your persistent data to a new device
  • Upgrade to more secure persistent volume settings
  • Delete the persistent volume
• Report an error
  • Tails does not start
• Shutting down Tails

Connect to the Internet anonymously

• Networking with NetworkManager
• Logging in to captive portals
• Controlling Tor with Vidalia
• Browsing the web with Tor Browser
• Chatting with Pidgin & OTR
• Using I2P
• Why Tor is slow?

Encryption & privacy

• Your data won't be saved unless explicitly asked
• Using the virtual keyboard
• Create and use encrypted volumes
• TrueCrypt
• Encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify text using OpenPGP and Tails OpenPGP Applet
  • Encrypt text with a passphrase
  • Encrypt and sign text using public-key cryptography
  • Decrypt and verify text
• Securely delete files and clean diskspace using Nautilus Wipe
• Manage passwords using KeePassX

Work on sensitive documents

• Office suite
• Graphics
• Desktop publishing
• Audio
• Printing and scanning

Advanced topics

• Protection against cold boot attacks
• Virtualization
• Enable a wireless device
• Enable MAC Changer