Once a machine has been hacked, it’s better to buy another… So I intend to compound my own machines : one for my work totally offline (with no wifi/bluetooth card), and another (with no microphone and no webcam ) exclusively reserved for my web activity (researches on startpage and/or duckduckgo, mails, bank operations, buying/selling stuff, downloading images, documents and updates/upgrades and packages for my offline machine, uploading some work, etc.).
I’m pretty sure it’s still the case despite of the re-installation of Ubuntu on one machine and Qubes on the other. In other words, Tails isn’t something you’ll want to use if you’re a Windows or Mac user looking to switch to Linux for everyday jobs.My pcs (ubuntu), my smartphones (android) and even my internet boxes have been hacked for monthes by perverse and skilled hackers who could spy me through microphones and webcams, steal some texts I’ve wrote, spy my web activities despite of my VPN (Nordvpn), ‘play’ with my internet boxes as well as the screensavers and the fans of my pcs, etc.
#TAILS OS DRIVER#
In addition, you can download the latest Tails release from the official website.įinally, remember that the distro is not intended to be a daily driver OS. You can refer to the announcement for detailed information about all changes in Tails 5.7. Under the hood, Tails 5.7 has the Linux kernel 5.10.0-19, which improves compatibility with modern devices such as graphics and Wi-Fi. On top of that, two minor usability issues have been fixed in Tor Connection.
#TAILS OS UPDATE#
So, in Tails 5.7, it has received an update to v11.5.8, and Tor itself has been updated to v0.4.7.11. The Tor network lies at the heart of the Tails Linux distro, and the Tor browser is its significant component. So, if you don’t want to reveal this sensitive information, you can now “clean” it using Metadata Cleaner’s simple and user-friendly graphical interface. Office apps also add author and company information to documents and spreadsheets automatically. For example, cameras save information on when and where you took a picture and the type of camera used. The significant new feature in Tails 5.7 is the addition of the Metadata Cleaner app, which, as the name suggests, is designed to clean metadata from files automatically associated with files when the latter is created.Īs you know, the metadata included within a file can reveal a lot about you. Having made all these clarifications, let’s look at what’s new in Tails 5.7, which was just released. On top of that, because Tails is pre-configured to run everything through the Tor network, the speed of operations requiring a network connection is much slower than on a regular Linux distro. So, as soon as you reboot, everything goes to default.
But, of course, this has its drawbacks.įor example, your changes don’t get saved because it is primarily designed to run from a USB stick. The distribution is intended for security paranoids looking for maximum personal security and anonymity on the Internet. Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is a Debian-based distro that differs from all other Linux distributions in that it is a live system solely focused on privacy. Focused on security, Tails 5.7 comes with an updated Tor browser and Metadata Cleaner, a tool to view and clean metadata in files.
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