Tails is made by the <a href="https://torproject.org/">Tor Project</a>, a global nonprofit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity.

[[Supporters|https://www.torproject.org/about/supporters/]]

[Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org) ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/Tor_Browser]]), a web browser based on [Mozilla Firefox](https://www.firefox.com/) and modified to protect your anonymity with:

[GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and data encryption and signing

64-bit PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it

Some [[contribute/design/application_isolation]] with AppArmor

Tails is [Free Software](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html): you can download, use, and share it with no restrictions.

The [[!tails_gitweb config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/chroot-browsers/unsafe-browser/extensions/red-2.0-an+fx.xpi desc="red theme"]] used by Tails' _Unsafe Browser_ was downloaded from Mozilla add-ons website (<https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simplyred/>):

author: [Firefox user 14030863](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/14030863/)

Icons from [[The Noun Project|http://thenounproject.com/]]:

The ability to start from a USB stick or a DVD reader.

Avoid "gaming" models with Nvidia or AMD Radeon graphics cards.

**Our work is public**

**Tails is based on Tor and Debian**

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

**Our downloads are verifiable**

**Tails is recommended by renown and diverse people and organizations**

&mdash; <strong>EFF</strong>,

Electronic Frontier Foundation </a>

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