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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (TAILS) is a live CD/USB distribution preconfigured so that everything is safely routed through Tor and leaves no trace on the local system.

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Is it OK to use Wireshark on Tails?

See the official documentation on installing additional software and the warnings that it includes.
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can I run Kila linux on a Vm inside Tails? If so, how?

Maybe but it's not officially supported, see the documentation on Additional Software.
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Is tsocks necessary?

Tails doesn't route everything through Tor. Tails uses a set of applications that are pre-configured to use Tor and stops applications from sending non-Tor traffic. …
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Installing tails from compromised system

There are limitations on what Tails could protect against, certain types of compromised system will never be safe to run Tails on even if the installation of Tails itself was not tampered with, please … read the Tails warning page. …
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Can I install Tails on a WD My Passport?

Follow the guide on the Tails website The Tails installer will create a new partition table, effectively destroying all the data on the device (N.B. … For more details, see the Tails documentation linked above. …
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How to install tails os on sd card?

With that said, the following steps should allow you to boot tails on a device that otherwise presents problems from the Tails installer. … Follow the tails installer up to the point of creating the intermediary Tails USB. …
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Does Tails have a screenshot application?

This is part of the core Gnome desktop environment which Tails uses. From the Gnome user guide: Open Screenshot from the Activities overview. …
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Tail proxychains socks5 proxy timeout

This kind of setup will not work, consider what you're asking proxychains to do: Connect to the local Tor SOCKS port then ask Tor to make a connection to a localhost address. No amount of reconfigura …
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blocking websites without breaking annonmytity.

(Tools -> Add-Ons -> uBlock Origin Preferences -> Show Dashboard -> My Filters tab) Both of the above will harm your anonymity, as other Tails users will load resources from those sites but you wouldn't …
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TAILS USB Storage Size

could I download TAILS initially on a 4 Gb USB and then do the second part on my 128 Gb one, and have roughly 126 for file storage on the final drive? Yes. … When Tails is installed, it only initially creates a 2.5~GB partition to store the operating system on. …
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Can you use traceroute in TAILS?

Tails does include Onion Circuits, which will show your current circuits and which connections are using them, if any. …
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How can I access hard drive in my laptop using live tails OS?

You need to go to more options on the Tails Greeter menu and set an Administration Password, this password can then be used to mount and access internal disks. … Follow the guide in the Tails documentation. …
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Could someone hack a tails device based on the firmware in it?

Tails cannot protect you from compromised hardware including BIOS or firmware attacks, as it clearly stated in the warning page: Tails does not protect against BIOS or firmware attacks It is also impossible … for Tails to protect against attacks made through the BIOS or other firmware embedded in the computer. …
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Tails time synchronization wrong (1 hour early). Has this any practical meaning?

Tails sets the timezone to UTC, this means all Tails users appear to be in the same timezone which helps resist fingerprinting (as your timezone relates to your geographic location). … You will probably be in a UTC+1 timezone for your localtime, which is why Tails looks to be 1 hour early but functions normally. …
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using Tor in regular OS vs Whonix/Tails

Tails and Whonix are Debian. For just browsing, from a privacy and anonymity stand point, there's no difference between Tor Browser in Tails, Tor Browser in Whonix or Tor Browser on stock Debian. … Don't run Tails in a VM. Tails and Whonix are designed for different use cases and shouldn't be conflated. …
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