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

<a href="https://www.torproject.org/">The Tor Project</a>

[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:

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.

Metadata has been used in the past to locate people from pictures they took. For an example, see <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/04/166487197/betrayed-by-metadata-john-mcafee-admits-hes-really-in-guatemala">NPR: Betrayed by metadata, John McAfee admits he's really in Guatemala</a>.

Observe your traffic. That is why <i>Tor Browser</i> and Tails include tools to encrypt the connection between the exit node and the destination server, whenever possible.

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>

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.

<h12 id="bridges">Tor relays and bridges</h12>

<h2 id="bridges">Tor relays and bridges</h2>

<h12 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h12>

<h2 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h2>

<h12 id="hiding">Hiding to your local network that you are connecting to Tor</h12>

<h2 id="hiding">Hiding to your local network that you are connecting to Tor</h2>

<p>It is impossible to hide to the websites that you visit that you are using
Tor, because the <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/exonerator.html">list
of exit nodes of the Tor network</a> is public.</p>

<h12 id="bridges">Tor relays andConfiguring a Tor bridges</h12>

<h2 id="bridge">Configuring a Tor bridge</h2>