Tails - NewsThe Amnesic Incognito Live Systemhttps://tails.net/news/index.en.htmlThe Amnesic Incognito Live Systemikiwiki2024-03-27T10:42:03ZTails 6.1https://tails.net/news/version_6.1/index.en.html2024-03-27T10:42:03Z2024-03-27T12:34:56Z
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13013/">13.0.13</a>.
This includes the changes brought by <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13012/">13.0.12</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.9.0/releasenotes/">115.9.0</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Fix Onion Circuits. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20233">#20233</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix Welcome Screen frequently showing a <strong>"Welcome to Tails!" is not responding</strong> error.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20236">#20236</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix <em>Videos</em> showing an error message during playback. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20243">#20243</a></p></li>
<li><p>Fix problems with changing the passphrase of the Persistent Storage.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20217">#20217</a></p></li>
<li><p><em>Tails Cloner</em> can now install and upgrade to devices with multiple mounted partitions.
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20149">#20149</a></p></li>
<li><p>The Persistent Storage settings now display
all enabled custom Persistent Storage features. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19267">#19267</a></p></li>
<li><p>Mitigate the RFDS Intel CPU vulnerabilities. <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20274">#20274</a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 6.1</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 6.0 to 6.1.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.1 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 6.1 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Tails report for February 2024https://tails.net/news/report_2024_02/2024-03-19T13:25:02Z2024-03-19T11:46:47Z
<h1>Highlights</h1>
<p>Despite the bonus day this year, February flew by pretty quickly! Here's what
we were up to:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>We ended February more resilient and collaborative than when we started. We
have new tooling to make it easier to work on shared documents, and use XMPP
more effectively. We also worked to strengthen our front-end services and set
up the back-end infrastructre to build redundancies into our services.</p></li>
<li><p>In 2021 and 2022, our <a href="https://tails.net/news/improving_in_latam/index.en.html">usability tests with human rights defenders in Mexico
and Brazil</a> prompted several
improvements in the installation instructions for Tails. Fixing 16 of the
identified usability issues were remaining, and we fixed them all this month.
These tests, experiences, and improvements will greatly shape our future
trainings.</p></li>
<li><p>We finished updating our website for Tails 6.0. Check out the rewritten
<a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html">recommendation on secure
deletion</a>. </p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Releases</h1>
<p>📢 <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html">Tails 6.0 is out</a>! </p>
<p>Tails 6.0 is the first version of Tails based on Debian 12 ("bookworm"), and is
the sexiest, slickest, and sleekest Tails yet. It brings:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>several important security updates: more robust error detection for the
Persistent Storage, protections against malicious USB devices, and Diceware
word lists in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish</p></li>
<li><p>some more usability features: new light modes—dark, night, and a
combination of both; easier screenshoting and screencasting; and easier Gmail
configuration in Thunderbird</p></li>
<li><p>and, updated version of most of the applications in Tails</p></li>
</ul>
<p>To know more, check out the Tails 6.0 <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html">release notes</a> and
the
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.
Thank you to everyone who helped us out by testing the <a href="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/">release
candidate</a>.</p>
<h1>Metrics</h1>
<p>Tails was started more than 806,714 times this month. That's a daily average of
over 27,817 boots.</p>
Tails 6.0https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html2024-02-29T11:22:37Z2024-02-27T12:34:56Z
<p>We are very excited to present you Tails 6.0, the first version of Tails based
on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43. Tails 6.0 brings new versions of most of
the software included in Tails as well as several important security and
usability improvements.</p>
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<h2>Error detection on the Persistent Storage</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0 warns you about <a href="https://tails.net/ioerror/index.en.html">errors when reading or writing</a> from
your Tails USB stick.</p>
<p>These alerts can help you diagnose hardware failures on your USB stick and
backup your Persistent Storage before it's too late.</p>
<h2>Mount external devices automatically</h2>
<p>When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard
disk, Tails 6.0 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an
encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers you to unlock the encryption
automatically.</p>
<p><img alt="Authentication Required. A
passphrase is needed to access encrypted data." class="screenshot" height="395" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/unlock.png" width="485" /></p>
<p>This feature also simplifies how to unlock <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/veracrypt/index.en.html"><em>VeraCrypt</em> encrypted
volumes</a>.</p>
<h2>Protection against malicious USB devices</h2>
<p>If an attacker manages to plug a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB">malicious USB
device</a> in your computer, they could run software that breaks the security
built in Tails without your knowledge.</p>
<p>To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails
6.0 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.</p>
<p>You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is
unlocked.</p>
<p><img alt="Notification: Reconnect
USB device. New device has been detected while you were away. Please disconnect
and reconnect the device to start using it." class="screenshot" height="168" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/usbguard.png" width="571" /></p>
<h2>Dark Mode and Night Light</h2>
<p>From the system menu of Tails 6.0, you can now switch between:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The default <em>light</em> mode with colder colors and more brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/light.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>dark</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>night light</em> mode with warmer colors and less brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A combination of both the <em>dark</em> mode and <em>night light</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark_night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Easier screenshots and screencasts</h2>
<p>GNOME 43 introduces a new <img alt="Take Screenshot" class="symbolic" height="16" src="https://tails.net/lib/camera-photo.png" width="16" /> shortcut in the system menu that makes it easier
to take a screenshot or record a screencast.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="245" src="https://tails.net/doc/sensitive_documents/screenshot_and_screencast/camera.png" width="389" /></p>
<h2>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird</h2>
<p>Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to configure
a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account, other
than the usual 2-Step Verification.</p></li>
<li><p>You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it in
<em>Thunderbird</em>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Gmail: Sign in to continue
to Mozilla Thunderbird" class="screenshot" height="621" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/gmail.png" width="522" /></p>
<h2>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages</h2>
<p>When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now also
generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">jawlensky</a> who created the word lists for Catalan,
Italian, and Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of
<code>diceware</code>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="530" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/diceware.png" width="837" /></p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<h2>Included software</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0 updates most of the applications included in Tails, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-13010/">13.0.10</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Electrum</em> from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>KeePassXC</em> from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Add entry tags.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Redesign history view.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Metadata Cleaner</em> from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Text Editor</em> from <code>gedit</code> to <code>gnome-text-editor</code></p>
<ul>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Inkscape</em> from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2</p></li>
<li><p><em>Audacity</em> from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4</p></li>
<li><p><em>Gimp</em> from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34</p></li>
<li><p><em>Kleopatra</em> from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Removed features</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove the icons on the desktop.</p>
<p>The extension of GNOME Shell that we used to provide this feature is not well
integrated into GNOME and created other problems. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19920">#19920</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Wipe</strong> and <strong>Wipe available disk space</strong> from the shortcut
menu of the <em>Files</em> browser.</p>
<p>Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and Solid-State Drives
(SSDs) for us to keep advertising this feature.</p>
<p>We updated our documentation on <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html">secure
deletion</a> to new recommendations:
use encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device, or disintegrate it
physically.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Remove metadata</strong> from the shortcut menu of the <em>Files</em>
browser.</p>
<p>The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by <em>Metadata
Cleaner</em> are not providing this option anymore.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove <em>GtkHash</em></p>
<p>You can still install <em>GtkHash</em> as <a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/index.en.html">Additional
Software</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li>Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in the
screen keyboard. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18076">#18076</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="issues">Known issues</h1>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Onion Circuits</em> incorrectly claims Tor is not connected. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20233">#20233</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>The Welcome Screen sometimes displays a warning: <strong>"Welcome to Tails!" is not responding</strong>.
(<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20236">#20236</a>)</p>
<p>If you see this warning, click on the <strong>Wait</strong> button.</p></li>
<li><p>Playing a video displays an error: <strong>Failed to query: In service
'dbus:org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files': Unit tracker-miner-fs-3-service
is masked.</strong> (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20237">#20237</a>)</p>
<p>If you see this warning, click on the <strong>OK</strong> button.</p></li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> is still included as version 2.2.</p>
<p>We tried to include <em>OnionShare</em> 2.6 in Tails 6.0, but it has several issues
that had security implications. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20135">#20135</a> and <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20140">#20140</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Mounting external devices automatically interferes with
the <em>Back Up Persistent Storage</em> utility. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20143">#20143</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 6.0</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are only available from Tails 6.0~rc1 to 6.0.</p>
<p>All other users have to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 6.0 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Tails report for January 2024https://tails.net/news/report_2024_01/2024-02-12T19:34:36Z2024-02-12T18:58:53Z
<h1>Highlights</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Help us test Tails 6.0! A <a href="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/">release candidate</a> of the
upcoming Tails 6.0 is out. Tails 6.0 promises to have a lot of exciting
upgrades and new features. You can help us by testing the <a href="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/">release
candidate</a>. We welcome your feedback by February 18 to
either:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-testers">tails-testers@boum.org</a> (public mailing list), or</li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-support-private">tails-support-private@boum.org</a> (private email)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>It is all hands on deck for Tails 6.0! We have been upgrading Tails to Debian
12 ("bookworm"). We were also busy updating all our documentation to be ready
for Tails 6.0. 1378 edited lines of HTML and Markdown code later, the
documentation for Tails 6.0 is almost ready.</p></li>
<li><p>We were in the media! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvDwx6dqrpM">Here's</a>
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/sajolida">@sajolida</a> riffing with our long-time
illustrator and comrade <a href="https://anhdres.com/">Anhdres</a> about all things Tails.
And
<a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2024/01/18/edward-snowdens-operating-system-with-redacted/">here's</a>
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/groente">@groente</a> in conversation with Software
Engineering Daily about how we interpret our values and mission in light of the
various use cases of Tails.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Releases</h1>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.22/index.en.html">Tails 5.22</a> was our first release of 2024! In Tails 5.22:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>we continued improving the Persistent Storage:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tails now tries to repair the Persistent Storage if it is broken when you
unlock it.</li>
<li>Tails now does not try to unlock or delete a Persistent Storage that's on a
read-only USB stick.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>you can now download and upload files using Tor Browser to/from more folders.</p></li>
<li><p>we introduced more robust error messages when installing Tails with Tails
Cloner. Thanks again to
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/BenWestgate">@BenWestgate</a> for the efforts to
improve Tails Cloner!</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Metrics</h1>
<p>Tails was started more than 806,263 times this month. That's a daily average of over 26,008 boots.</p>
Test Tails 6.0~rc1https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/2024-02-03T11:02:46Z2024-02-02T13:00:00Z
<p>We are very excited to present you a release candidate of the upcoming Tails
6.0.</p>
<p>We plan to release Tails 6.0 officially on February 27. You can help us by
testing already a release candidate of Tails 6.0 before February 18.</p>
<p>Tails 6.0 will be the first version of Tails based on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and
GNOME 43. It will bring new versions of most of the software included in Tails
as well as several important security and usability improvements.</p>
<p>We will provide security upgrades for Tails 6.0~rc1 like we do for
regular versions of Tails.</p>
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<h2>Mount external devices automatically</h2>
<p>When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard
disk, Tails 6.0~rc1 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an
encrypted partition, Tails 6.0~rc1 offers you to unlock the encryption
automatically.</p>
<p><img alt="Authentication Required. A
passphrase is needed to access encrypted data." class="screenshot" height="395" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/unlock.png" width="485" /></p>
<h2>Protection against malicious USB devices</h2>
<p>If an attacker manages to plug a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BadUSB">malicious USB
device</a> in your computer, they could run software that breaks the security
built in Tails without your knowledge.</p>
<p>To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails
6.0~rc1 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.</p>
<p>You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is
unlocked.</p>
<p><img alt="Notification: Reconnect
USB device. New device has been detected while you were away. Please disconnect
and reconnect the device to start using it." class="screenshot" height="168" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/usbguard.png" width="571" /></p>
<h2>Dark Mode and Night Light</h2>
<p>From the system menu of Tails 6.0~rc1, you can now switch between:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The default <em>light</em> mode with colder colors and more brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/light.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>dark</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A <em>night light</em> mode with warmer colors and less brightness</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
<li><p>A combination of both the <em>dark</em> mode and <em>night light</em> mode</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="200" src="https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/dark_night.png" width="353" /></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Easier screenshots and screencasts</h2>
<p>GNOME 43 introduces a new <img alt="Take Screenshot" class="symbolic" height="16" src="https://tails.net/lib/camera-photo.png" width="16" /> shortcut in the system menu that makes it easier
to take a screenshot or record a screencast.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="245" src="https://tails.net/doc/sensitive_documents/screenshot_and_screencast/camera.png" width="389" /></p>
<h2>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird</h2>
<p>Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to configure
a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0~rc1.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account, other
than the usual 2-Step Verification.</p></li>
<li><p>You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it in
<em>Thunderbird</em>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><img alt="Gmail: Sign in to continue
to Mozilla Thunderbird" class="screenshot" height="621" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/gmail.png" width="522" /></p>
<h2>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages</h2>
<p>When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now also
generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.</p>
<p>Thanks to <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">jawlensky</a> who created the word lists for Catalan,
Italian, and Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of
<code>diceware</code>.</p>
<p><img alt="" class="screenshot" height="530" src="https://tails.net/news/test_6.0-rc1/diceware.png" width="837" /></p>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<h2>Included software</h2>
<p>Tails 6.0~rc1 updates many of the applications included in Tails, among others:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Electrum</em> from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>KeePassXC</em> from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4</p>
<ul>
<li>Add entry tags.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Redesign history view.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Metadata Cleaner</em> from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
<li>Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> from 2.2-3 to 2.6-5</p>
<ul>
<li>Redesign the whole user interface.</li>
<li>Allow creating chat rooms.</li>
<li>Allow hosting static websites.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Text Editor</em> from <code>gedit</code> to <code>gnome-text-editor</code></p>
<ul>
<li>Support dark mode.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p><em>Inkscape</em> from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2</p></li>
<li><p><em>Audacity</em> from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4</p></li>
<li><p><em>Gimp</em> from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34</p></li>
<li><p><em>Kleopatra</em> from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Removed features</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Remove metadata</strong> from the shortcut menu of the <em>Files</em>
browser.</p>
<p>The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by <em>Metadata
Cleaner</em> are not providing this option anymore.</p></li>
<li><p>Remove the item <strong>Wipe</strong> and <strong>Wipe available disk space</strong> from the shortcut
menu of the <em>Files</em> browser.</p>
<p>Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and SSDs for us to keep
advertising this feature. We are still discussing which alternatives to
explain in our documentation on <a href="https://tails.net/doc/encryption_and_privacy/secure_deletion/index.en.html">secure
deletion</a>. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19121">#19121</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Remove <em>GtkHash</em></p>
<p>You can still install <em>GtkHash</em> as <a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_software/index.en.html">Additional
Software</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li>Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in the
screen keyboard. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18076">#18076</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h1>Changelog</h1>
<p>For more details about what has changed in Tails 6.0~rc1, read our
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/raw/{{tag}}/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1>Known issues</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Tails 6.0~rc1 is not reliably reproducible (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20165">#20165</a>, <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20166">#20166</a>).</p></li>
<li><p><em>OnionShare</em> 2.6 has several issues in Tails and Debian 12 (Bookworm) in
general that have security implications:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>OnionShare stays open in the background and fails to reopen. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20135">#20135</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>OnionShare crashes when stopping and restarting file shares in OnionShare. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20140">#20140</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Despite the very interesting new features in <em>OnionShare</em> 2.6, we are
considering keeping <em>OnionShare</em> 2.2 in Tails 6.0 because of these issues.</p></li>
<li><p>Mounting external devices automatically interferes badly with some other
features:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>The <em>Back Up Persistent Storage</em> utility (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20143">#20143</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><em>Tails Cloner</em> (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20154">#20154</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>The pointer doesn't change into a spinner anymore in some cases when
launching applications. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19920">#19920</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Send us feedback</h1>
<p>Keep in mind that this is a test image. We tested that it is not broken in
obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.</p>
<p>Please, report any new problem before February 18 to either:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="mailto:tails-testers@boum.org">tails-testers@boum.org</a> (public mailing list)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="mailto:tails-support-private@boum.org">tails-support-private@boum.org</a> (private email)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Get Tails 6.0~rc1</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<p>Automatic upgrades are not available to 6.0~rc1.</p>
<p>You have to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p>
<p>You will be able to automatically upgrade from 6.0~rc1 to 6.0 when it
is released.</p>
<h2>To download 6.0~rc1</h2>
<h3>Direct download</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://download.tails.net/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img">For USB sticks (USB image)</a>
(<a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img.sig">OpenPGP signature</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://download.tails.net/tails/alpha/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a>
(<a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso.sig">OpenPGP signature</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h3>BitTorrent download</h3>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.img.torrent">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/torrents/files/tails-amd64-6.0~rc1.iso.torrent">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails 6.0~rc1 on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
Tails 5.22https://tails.net/news/version_5.22/index.en.html2024-01-30T10:46:50Z2024-01-30T12:34:56Z
<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>In <em>Tor Browser</em>, you can now save files to more folders: Documents, Downloads,
Music, Pictures, and Videos. You can also upload files from these folders.</p></li>
<li><p>When your Persistent Storage is broken, Tails now tries to repair its
file system when you unlock it in the Welcome Screen.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Report the write speed after cloning a Persistent Storage from <em>Tails Cloner</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>Do not try to unlock or delete a Persistent Storage on a read-only USB stick.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1309/">13.0.9</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Thunderbird</em> to <a href="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/115.7.0/releasenotes/">115.7</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Stop leaking the first-level domain of visited websites in <em>WhisperBack</em> reports.
The problem was first introduced in Tails 5.15.1 (July 2023). (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1344">!1344</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Make installing Tails with <em>Tails Cloner</em> more robust by fixing occasional
errors <code>AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'props'</code>.
Thanks to Ben Westgate! (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1312">!1312</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix saving the Additional Software configuration when creating
a Persistent Storage. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1350">!1350</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Fix help link when resizing the system partition fails the first time
Tails is started. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1341">!1341</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.22</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.22.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></p></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.22 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></p></li>
</ul>
Tails report for December 2023https://tails.net/news/report_2023_12/2024-01-16T12:25:50Z2024-01-16T12:10:05Z
<p>Happy 2024, Tails-y folks! We wish you a year full of nourishing energies,
forceful resistance, and great health ✊🏽</p>
<h1>Highlights</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>2023 was an eventful year at Tails. We kicked off the 1st year of our 3-year strategic plan with 16 releases of Tails, significant improvements to core Tails features like the new Persistent Storage, and researched cool, new features we want to bring to you. In parallel, we started moving into a <a href="https://tails.net/">new home</a> and made investments to become a more sustainable project and a healthier workplace. Read more about 2023 at Tails <a href="https://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/index.en.html">here</a>. If you'd rather listen, check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgTwho1wfQ&t=784s">our presentation</a> at State of the Onion 2023!</p></li>
<li><p>We are raising funds for our work in 2024 but our annual fundraising campaign has fallen short of our goal. So, we've extended our fundraiser till January 20, 2024. If you find our work useful and can contribute, we'd appreciate your help. Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a big difference. <a href="https://tails.net/donate/">Donate now!</a></p></li>
<li><p>Talking about contributions that make a difference, we remain ever so grateful to our sponsors! Last month, <a href="https://wordsolver.co/">wordsolver.co</a> renewed their sponsorship of Tails. This is the 3rd year of their support for Tails' mission! Thank you 💜</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Releases</h1>
<p>We released <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/index.en.html">Tails 5.21</a>. In 5.21:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Tor client</em> and <em>Tor Browser</em> are up-to-date</p></li>
<li><p>we improved Tails's handling of date and time: you'll find localised dates in the top navigation, and separately, we replaced the unpunctual web servers in our htpdate pool</p></li>
<li><p>the backup feature of <em>Tails Cloner</em> is friendlier to use. Thanks <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/BenWestgate">@BenWestgate</a>!</p></li>
</ul>
<p>And <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">lots more</a>.</p>
<h1>Metrics</h1>
<p>Tails was started more than 815,559 times this month. That's a daily average of over 26,300 boots.</p>
Tails 5.21https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/index.en.html2023-12-22T08:58:40Z2023-12-22T12:00:00Z
<h1 id="changes">Changes and updates</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Help troubleshoot when resizing the system partition fails the first time
Tails is started.</p>
<p><img alt="Error message: Resizing System Partition Failed - It will be impossible to create a Persistent Storage or apply automatic upgrades." class="img" height="207" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/resizing.png" width="518" /></p></li>
<li><p>Translate the date displayed in the top navigation bar.</p>
<p><img alt="Clock showing date in Spanish" class="img" height="77" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.21/clock.png" width="683" /></p></li>
<li><p>Update <em>Tor Browser</em> to <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1307">13.0.7</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Update the <em>Tor</em> client to 0.4.8.10.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="fixes">Fixed problems</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Fix <em>Tor Browser</em> crashing when clicking on the <em>UBlock</em> icon. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20061">#20061</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Make time synchronization more reliable. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19923">#19923</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/@BenWestgate">@BenWestgate</a> fixed several issues in the backup feature of <em>Tails Cloner</em>:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Remove message about doing a backup when no USB stick is plugged in. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20063">#20063</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Update available options when plugging in another USB stick. (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20042">#20042</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Point to backup instructions when choosing to clone the Persistent Storage.
(<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/merge_requests/1305">!1305</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>For more details, read our <a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog">changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="get">Get Tails 5.21</h1>
<h2>To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 5.0 or later to 5.21.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#reduce">reduce the size of the download</a> of future
automatic upgrades by doing a manual upgrade to the latest version.</p></li>
<li><p>If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an
automatic upgrade, please try to do a <a href="https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual">manual upgrade</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>To install Tails on a new USB stick</h2>
<p>Follow our installation instructions:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/windows/index.en.html">Install from Windows</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/mac/index.en.html">Install from macOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/linux/index.en.html">Install from Linux</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/expert/index.en.html">Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="caution"><p>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if
you install instead of upgrading.</p></div>
<h2>To download only</h2>
<p>If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download
Tails 5.21 directly:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download/index.en.html">For USB sticks (USB image)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/install/download-iso/index.en.html">For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)</a></li>
</ul>
2023 at Tails: a new home, small steps, and giant leapshttps://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/index.en.html2024-02-08T01:28:03Z2023-12-20T19:00:00Z
<p><strong>Malicious actors upped the ante in 2023.</strong></p>
<p>So-called artificial intelligence systems soared in popularity, supercharging
political
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/slovakias-election-deepfakes-show-ai-is-a-danger-to-democracy/">disinformation</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/19/ai-generated-disinformation-us-elections">programs</a>.
Internet shutdowns and slowdowns became <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/publication/internet-shutdowns-in-2023-mid-year-update/">firmly
entrenched</a>
in authoritarian toolkits to censor progressive speech. And the <a href="https://securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2023/11/serbia-civil-society-threatened-by-spyware/">continuing
revelations</a>
of zero-click attacks drove home the perilous omnipotence of the
military-digital complex.</p>
<p><strong>But, we also made plans to call their ante.</strong></p>
<p>We built a state-of-the-art 3-year strategy to make Tails a formidable
adversary to these powerful, repressive forces. We made plans to better
understand the use of Tails by journalists and activists, and understand and
improve the use of Tails in the <a href="https://www.harvarddesignmagazine.org/articles/shahidul-alam-on-the-majority-world/">majority
world</a>.
All this while introducing new features and improvements to existing features
that make Tails even more relevant.</p>
<p>Here's the progress we made in the first year of the plan.</p>
<h2>Product development</h2>
<p><strong>The Persistent Storage got even better at storing encrypted data.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.8/index.en.html">Tails 5.8</a> was one of the most important Tails releases in
years. In Tails 5.8, we unveiled a brand new Persistent Storage. The new
Persistent Storage doesn't require restarting after creation or any time after
you activate a new feature. It also made it easier to persist more settings.
The icing on the cake: a dashing makeover for the Persistent Storage!</p>
<p>But the new Persistent Storage wasn't all fun and games for Tails users. It was
buggy and we worked extra hard to fix the issues our users faced.</p>
<p>We didn't stop there. We also continued to add functionality to the Persistent
Storage. Now, it is easier to both do <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.14/index.en.html">backups of the whole Persistent
Storage</a> and <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/index.en.html">delete the data of a each
feature</a>.</p>
<table class="img"><caption>New button to delete the data of a Persistent Storage feature</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/delete-data.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="367" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.12/delete-data.png" width="547" /></a></td></tr></table>
<table class="img"><caption>Option to clone the current Persistent Storage in Tails Installer</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/backup/clone.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="599" src="https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/backup/clone.png" width="608" /></a></td></tr></table>
<p>We also introduced better password practices for securing the Persistent
Storage. Randomly generated <a href="https://diceware.dmuth.org/">diceware</a> passphrases
and an upgraded encryption format make the Persistent Storage <a href="https://tails.net/security/argon2id/index.en.html">exponentially
more secure</a>.</p>
<div class="center"><img alt="" src="https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/password_strength.png" style="width: 66%" /></div>
<p><strong>Improvements to the <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_4.20/">Tor Connection</a> make it easier to
circumvent censorship.</strong></p>
<p>The Tor Connection Assistant is slicker. We improved the error messaging when
connecting automatically to the Tor network and the handling of captive
portals.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<table class="img"><caption>Option to close a circuit in Onion Circuits</caption><tr><td><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/close_circuit.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="289" src="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19/close_circuit.png" width="563" /></a></td></tr></table>
<p><strong>Tails remains one of the most secure operating systems in the world.</strong></p>
<p>This year, we released 15 versions of Tails, ensuring users had the latest Tor
Browser and Thunderbird. Yes, FIFTEEN!</p>
<p>We also asked <a href="https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/">Radically Open Security</a>
to do a security audit of Tails. Their <a href="https://tails.net/news/audit_by_ROS/index.en.html">findings</a> affirmed
our cutting-edge security.</p>
<p>PS: Keeping Tails updated is your best defense against online surveillance and
censorship!</p>
<p><strong>And we started moving to our new home!</strong></p>
<p>🎉 ✨ tails.net ✨ 🎉</p>
<p>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. <em>Gràcies per ser aquí!</em></p>
<div class="center"><a href="https://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/language_switcher.png"><img alt="" class="img" height="238" src="https://tails.net/news/achievements_in_2023/language_switcher.png" width="171" /></a></div>
<p>High footfall areas of the website got a new carpet too. Check out our new
<a href="https://tails.net/contribute/index.en.html">Contribute</a>, <a href="https://tails.net/support/index.en.html">Support</a>, and <a href="https://tails.net/about/contact/index.en.html">Contact
us</a> pages.</p>
<p>A huge shout-out to the volunteers who made these possible:
<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/jawlensky">@jawlensky</a> for the website redesign
and to our <a href="https://tails.net/contribute/how/translate/team/ca/">Catalan translations team</a>!</p>
<h2>Community and organizational health</h2>
<ul>
<li><p><strong>Sprints.</strong> 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 <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39856/dixit">Dixit</a>. 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.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Reflections.</strong> 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 <a href="https://coco-net.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Coco-WhiteSupCulture-ENG4.pdf">this text by the Centre for Community
Organizations</a>
as our guide to reflection and improvement.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Financial health</h2>
<p>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 <a href="https://nocallaronlasolas.serendipia.digital/">damning
indictment</a> of the Mexican
army's systematic surveillance of feminists in the country.</p>
<p>I, (<a href="https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/bokonon">@bokonon</a>), 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.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>We are near the end of our campaign to fund Tails in 2024, but quite a way off
our goals.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/donate/index.en.html">Donate</a></p>
Tails report for November 2023https://tails.net/news/report_2023_11/2023-12-11T20:10:32Z2023-12-11T19:10:10Z
<h1>Highlights</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>We had asked <a href="https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/">Radically Open
Security</a> to audit Tails. The
<a href="https://tails.net/news/audit_by_ROS/index.en.html">results of the audit</a> reinforced Tails credentials as a
"solid" operating system for preserving anonymity. </p>
<p>We were super proactive with addressing the reported vulnerabilities, fixing
them all within 3 weeks of being reported. This is a reminder that as good as
Tails is, it needs to be updated regularly!</p></li>
<li><p>We undertook a bunch of home improvement projects for <a href="https://tails.net/news/new_domain/index.en.html">our new
address</a>. Highlights:</p>
<ul>
<li>the language switcher on the website is more prominent, and also in the website footer,</li>
<li>warning buttons display warnings better - in a new colour, and with wrapped text,</li>
<li><a href="https://tails.net/security/index.en.html">our redesigned security page</a> better showcases the history of our security advisories.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>We have a new sponsor: <a href="https://www.igaming.com/">igaming.com</a> joined our
mission! Our donors also received the quarterly newsletter with early
insights into upcoming Tails features. You, too, could subscribe while making
<a href="https://tails.net/donate/index.en.html">your next donation</a>. Help make our <a href="https://tails.net/news/gift_of_privacy/index.en.html">ongoing
fundraiser</a> a success!</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Releases</h1>
<p>November featured 2 new versions of Tails: 5.19.1 and 5.20.</p>
<p><a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.19.1/index.en.html">5.19.1</a> was an emergency release. We updated the Tor
client to bring the fix to the <a href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/team/-/wikis/NetworkTeam/TROVE">TROVE-2023-006
vulnerability</a>
to Tails users.</p>
<p>And in <a href="https://tails.net/news/version_5.20/index.en.html">5.20</a>, we:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>brought the usual, latest updates to Tor Browser and Thunderbird, </p></li>
<li><p>fixed a security vulnerability in uBlock Origin to protect Tails users from
advanced browser fingerprinting techniques, and</p></li>
<li><p>continued making Persistent Storage more usable, and made it even easier to
report issues when it doesn't work through improvements to WhisperBack.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Metrics</h1>
<p>Tails was started more than 825,741 times this month. That's a daily average of
over 27,520 boots.</p>