1 [[!meta
title=
"Privacy for anyone anywhere"]]
8 Tails is a [[!wikipedia
desc=
"live operating system" Live_USB]], that
9 you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card.
10 It aims at preserving your
<strong>privacy
</strong> and
11 <strong>anonymity
</strong>, and helps you to:
16 <strong>use the Internet anonymously
</strong> and
<strong>circumvent
17 censorship
</strong>;
<br />
18 all connections to the Internet are forced to go through [[the Tor
19 network|https://www.torproject.org/]];
22 <strong>leave no trace
</strong> on the computer you are using unless
23 you ask it explicitly;
26 <strong>use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools
</strong> to encrypt your
27 files, emails and instant messaging.
32 [[Learn more about Tails.|about]]
35 </div> <!-- #intro -->
41 [[!inline
pages=
"news/* and !news/*/* and !news/discussion and currentlang()" show=
"2" feeds=
"no" archive=
"yes"]]
43 <p>See [[News]] for more.
</p>
51 [[!inline
pages=
"security/* and !security/audits and !security/audits.* and !security/audits/* and !security/*/* and !security/discussion and currentlang()" show=
"2" feeds=
"no" archive=
"yes"]]
53 <p>See [[Security]] for more.
</p>
55 </div> <!-- #security -->
57 <div class=
"three-blocks bottom">
58 [[!img lib/debian.png
link=
"no"]]
59 <p class=
"center">Tails is built upon
<a href=
"https://debian.org/">Debian
</a>.
</p>
62 <div class=
"three-blocks bottom">
63 [[!img lib/free-software.png
link=
"no"]]
64 <p class=
"center">Tails is [[Free Software|doc/about/license]].
</p>
67 <div class=
"three-blocks bottom">
68 [[!img lib/tor.png
link=
"no"]]
69 <p class=
"center">Tails sends its traffic through
<a href=
"https://torproject.org/">Tor
</a>.
</p>
72 </div> <!-- #homepage -->