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Tails stands for “The amnesic incognito live system” and is a live Linux distribution that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It uses Debian GNU/Linux as its base and adds a Gnome environment with Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG and KeePassXC. For more information, please refer to this page† The development team has released version 4.13 with the following changes and improvements:

Changes and updates

  • Update Tor Browser to 10.0.5
    Tor Browser 10.0.5 fixes the critical vulnerability discovered last week in the JavaScript engine
  • Update Thunderbird from 68.12 to 78.4.2
    Thunderbird 78 replaces the Enigmail extension with built-in support for OpenPGP encryption.
    If you used Enigmail before Tails 4.13, follow our instructions to migrate from Enigmail to Thunderbird 78
  • Add a button to restart Tails at the end of creating the Persistent Storage. †#16384
  • Only include translations for languages ​​that are available in the Welcome Screen. This reduces the size of the download by 5%. †#17139
  • Make the root directory of the Persistent Storage only readable by the root user. †#7465
    Users of the Dotfiles feature of the Persistent Storage can choose Places ▸ Dot files to open the /livebrersistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles folder in the Files browser.
  • Enable TCP timestamps. This might increase stability on slower Internet connections. †#17491

Fixed problems

  • fix the Upgrade button of Tails Installer when running Croatian, Danish, French, Hebrew, Macedonian, Simplified Chinese, and Turkish. †#17982
  • Allow raising the sound volume above 100%. †#17322

For more details, read our changelog

Version number 4.13
Release status Final
Operating systems Linux
Website tails
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License type Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.)
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