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Tails should be used as a live USB or in a virtual machine. … If you check the Tails website, you will not find instructions on how to install it to a disk because that's not how it is meant to be used. https://tails.boum.org/install/linux/index.en.html …

This can theoretically do it for you but I haven't personally tried it. If you don't know how to troubleshoot networking issues, you might now want to just run Firefox + Tor to make your own Tor Brows …

If so, how do you store that software considering everytime you close Tails it wipes everything clean for the next time you boot up? Install Tails on a USB stick using 2 USB keys. … It probably isn't going to harm your anonymity but since nobody has reported using it on the Tails website, you can take that as being pretty much untested. …

The Tails live CD is meant for anonymity but might its security features make it a safer way to do your online banking, shopping and bitcoin shopping using its "unsafe browser", compared to a regular … Tails is supposed to be fully open source for starters, but can someone confirm this? Here's how you get the source code to see for yourself. …

Yes it is too risky. I absolutely do not intend to perform any activities deemed as illegal or defamatory by the North Korean authorities. Using Tor at all may be deemed illegal. You can imag …

This is the same on Tails as it is with Tor Browser for regular Linux, Windows, or Mac. … If you use Tor with any other application outside of Tails, you have to manually make sure that application allows that kind of proxy. …

Tails uses the Debian Linux kernel which runs USB at the correct speed. That means that you can expect significantly faster speeds with USB 3 than USB 2. … This is the same on any modern operating system and has nothing to do with Tails. …

Google your laptop model for the key needed for the boot menu. They can vary greatly depending on who made your laptop. For example, MSI laptop uses F11. My Thinkpad uses Enter and then F12. My deskto …

What does a MAC address say? It says: I am X kind of device made by Y brand and here is my unique number Z. These are things that you might want to hide if you are using a device on a public wifi. Bei …

No, Tails will automatically wrap wget, curl, ssh, etc. with torsocks. The only thing that will give away your real IP is bittorrent which shouldn't be done on the Tor Network anyway. …

Normally you should open a bug with tails, but this bug has already been opened and isn't fixed yet. Open a terminal, go to where you saved the key and run the following: gpg --import your-key.asc …

Tails uses the standard Tor Browse and so any Tails users should look just like any other Tor user. How can I minimize the risks of browser fingerprinting? …

I am new on TOR, I don't know if TOR saves my cache, cookies or any kind of data locally on my pc They are saved into RAM only as long as the browser is working otherwise most websites would no …

It doesn't matter. If you turn it off you save electricity. If you leave it on you don't. Neither will necessarily affect your anonymity. What's best is to understand exactly how Tor works.

The best solution may be automated and the most automated solution may not be best. What does a bridge do? It helps to hide the fact that you are using Tor from your ISP? Do you have serious concerns …