All the devices and Wi-Fi networks that you used

The Persistent Storage is optional and you always decide what is <i>persistent</i>. Everything else is <i>amnesic</i>.

You can publish a blog or manage a social median email account entirely from Tails. If you only access it from Tails, it cannot be related to you. You can store documents and images related to this different identity in your Persistent Storage, keep your passwords in <i>KeePassXC</i>the <i>Secrets</i> password manager, have a dedicated email account in <i>Thunderbird</i>, etc.

You can publish a blog or manage an email account entirely from Tails. If you only access it from Tails, it cannot be related to you. You can store documents and images related to this different identity in your Persistent Storage, keep your passwords in the <i>Secrets</i> password manager, have a dedicated email account in <i>Thunderbird</i>, etc.

Networking

Detailed hardware<h2 id="computer">System requirements</h2>

<h2 id="computer">System requirements</h2>

MTails works on most PC computers that are less than 10 years old.

Tails works on most PC computers that are less than 10 years old.

All the data on this USB stick or DVD is lost when installing Tails.

All the data on this USB stick is lost when installing Tails.

[Tor](https://torproject.org/) is the best anonymity network available. Tor 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)."

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)."

[[Troubleshooting Wi-Fi not working|anonymous_internet/no-wifi]]

You can connect to a local network using a wired, Wi-Fi, or mobile data connection:

To remember the password for Wi-Fi networks and custom network configurations across different Tails sessions, turn on the [[Network Connections|persistent_storage/configure#network_connections]] feature of the Persistent Storage.

To modify your network settings, for example, to configure whether or not to automatically connect to a Wi-Fi network, choose **Applications&nbsp;▸ System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings&nbsp;▸ Network**.

To modify your network settings, for example, to configure whether or not to automatically connect to a Wi-Fi network, choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ System Tools&nbsp;▸ Settings&nbsp;▸ Network**.

There is noa **Wi-Fi** menu in the system menu:, but connecting to a Wi-Fi network fails.

There is a **Wi-Fi** menu in the system menu, but connecting to a Wi-Fi network fails.

<table>
<tr><th>Vendor</th><th>Model</th><th>Size</th><th>Speed</th><th>Price</th><th>Buy offline</th><th>Buy online</th></tr>
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>Ultra</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$1825</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00762YNMG">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5370 -->
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>PAU05</td><td>Small</td><td>300 Mbit/s</td><td>$65</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00EQT0YK2">Amazon</a></td></tr> <!-- 148f:5372 -->
<tr><td>ThinkPenguin</td><td>TPE-N150USB</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$764</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb">ThinkPenguin</a></td></tr> <!-- ????:???? -->
</table>

<table>
<tr><th>Vendor</th><th>Model</th><th>Size</th><th>Speed</th><th>Price</th><th>Buy offline</th><th>Buy online</th></tr>
<tr><td>Panda Wireless</td><td>Ultra</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$25</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.amazon.com/d/B00762YNMG">Amazon</a></td></tr> 148f:5370
<tr><td>ThinkPenguin</td><td>TPE-N150USB</td><td>Nano</td><td>150 Mbit/s</td><td>$64</td><td>No</td><td><a href="https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-wireless-n-usb-adapter-gnu-linux-tpe-n150usb">ThinkPenguin</a></td></tr> ????:????
</table>

[[!meta title="Troubleshooting Wi-Fi not working"]]

You can send an empty email to
<a href="mailto:bridges@torproject.org">bridges@torproject.org</a> from a
Gmail or Riseup email address.

You can send an empty email to
<a href="mailto:bridges@torproject.org">bridges@torproject.org</a> from a
Gmail or Riseup email address.

Sending the email reveals to Gmail or Riseup that you are trying to
connect to Tor but not to someone who monitors your Internet connection.

Sending the email reveals to Gmail or Riseup that you are trying to
connect to Tor but not to someone who monitors your Internet connection.

We recommend doing sothat you visit this page from a different
local network if
accessing this page is blocked or if you want to hide that you are
connecting to Tor.

We recommend that you visit this page from a different local network if
accessing this page is blocked or if you want to hide that you are
connecting to Tor.

<p>After you restarted on Tails, you can copy one of these bridge lines from
this other USB stick into <i>*Tor Connection</i>.</p>
*.

After you started Tails, copy one of the bridge lines from this other USB stick into *Tor Connection*.

Even someone who knows your bridge cannot know what you are doing online from
Tails.

Even someone who knows your bridge cannot know what you are doing online from Tails.