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To create a *Signal* account for a new telephone number from Tails, follow
this tutorial on [registering an account using
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You can follow this tutorial to [install *Signal Desktop* on
Tails](https://0xacab.org/about.privacy/messengers-on-tails-os/-/wikis/Signal/Install-Signal-desktop)
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Current alternatives:
 
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In Tails, you can already chat over XMPP using [[Pidgin|doc/anonymous_internet/pidgin]] and create anonymous chat rooms using [[OnionShare|doc/anonymous_internet/onionshare]].
 
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Because no single app will ever meet the needs of all our users, we might also make it easier to install other messaging apps. ([[!tails_ticket 14567]])
 
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Adding [*Signal*](https://signal.org/) is very high in our priorities but complicated because *Signal* is not available in Debian by default and updates very often.
 
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<h2 id="messaging">Can I use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, or Signal in Tails?</h2>
 
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Tails [[was founded|news/celebrating_10_years]] in 2009 and [[joined forces with Tor|news/tails_tor]] in 2024.
 
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Tails is part of the [Tor Project](https://torproject.org/).
 
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If burned on a DVD, then this DVD would be outdated on the next release. This means after 4 weeks at most.
 
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No.
 
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Our team sometimes publishes emergency releases, whenever important security upgrades are available in Debian or *Tor Browser* before the next scheduled release.
 
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If you upgrade the system yourself using `apt` or *Synaptic*, you might break things.
 
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Tails provides upgrades every 4 weeks, which are thoroughly tested to make sure that no security feature or configuration gets broken.
 
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No. Upgrading whenever you get a notification from *[[Tails Upgrader|doc/upgrade]]* is enough.
 
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Still, you can close a given circuit and trigger Tor to create a new one using the [[New Tor circuit for this site|doc/anonymous_internet/Tor_Browser]] button of *Tor Browser* or the [[*Onion Circuits*|doc/anonymous_internet/tor/circuits]] utility.
 
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