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Tails is [[audited by independent security researchers|security#audits]] and we publish the results of these audits.
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See also our list of [[supporters|https://www.torproject.org/about/supporters/]].
09/03/2025
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**Tails is recommended by renown and diverse people and organizations**
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**Our downloads are verifiable**
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**Tails is based on Tor and Debian**
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**Our work is public**
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However, Tails, like Debian, includes closed source binary firmware in order to work on as much hardware as possible.
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Tor
has partnered with leading research institutions and has been subjected to
intensive academic research. Tor has received awards from institutions
such as the [EFF](https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/2012) and the [Free
Software
Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced).
Even the NSA qualified Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet
Anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)."
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Tails is made by the Tor Project, the same organization that makes the Tor
software and *Tor Browser*.
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[Tor](https://torproject.org/) is the best anonymity network available.
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The Debian project is coordinated over the Internet by a team of
volunteers whose work is entirely public. All this makes Debian one of the
Free Software projects under the most scrutiny by security researchers.
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Debian and its derivatives
are [the most popular Linux distributions on web
servers](https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/os-linux) across the
Internet.
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[Debian](https://debian.org/) is the Linux distribution with the most derivatives, including Ubuntu.
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The software included in Tails is either written by us or inherited from
Debian and other Tor projects:
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Tails will never try to harm you or any of our users, as a core principle of our [social contract](https://community.torproject.org/policies/social_contract/). As part of that commitment, we have written this page to help you make an informed decision about whether you can trust Tails.
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Known issues in Tails are described publicly in our [[!tails_gitlab tails/tails/-/issues desc="GitLab issue tracker"]]. We might hide embargoed security vulnerabilities in Tails while we work on a solution, but only as a way of protecting our users.
05/07/2024
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Tails is [[Free Software|about/license]] and security researchers can examine our [[!tails_gitlab tails/tails desc="source code"]].
05/07/2024
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The most sensitive parts of Tails are explained in our [[design documents|contribute/design]].
02/27/2024

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