"Tails" makes it possible to use a computer totally anonymously.

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

The team behind the privacy-oriented Linux distribution, Tails, has released a new update. Tails 3.2 comes with Linux Kernel 4.12.12 which supports NVIDIA Maxwell graphics cards and other hardware.

Tails is a Linux distribution most famously used by Edward Snowden. Boot Tails from a live DVD, USB drive, or SD card and it will turn any PC into a more private and anonymous system. Tails forces all ...

Tails, a privacy and anonymity-focused Linux distribution most famously used by Edward Snowden, just released version 1.4. Tails stands for “The Amnesiac Incognito Live System,” and it’s designed to ...

A few columns ago, I started a series aimed at helping everyone improve their privacy and security on the Internet. The first column in this series was an updated version of a Tor column I wrote a few ...

Live USBs are critical lifelines for persistence in Tails. Now, Tails 6.0 alerts users when underlying storage suffers read/write errors. This early detection, prior to catastrophic data loss, allows ...

These days, it seems as though anyone who uses the Internet is a tasty morsel for insatiable data thieves. Marketers, governments, criminals and random snoops won’t be satisfied until they can snarf ...