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You can temporarily <strong>turn your own computer into a secure machine</strong>. You can also <strong>stay safe while using the computer of somebody else</strong>.

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Websites that you visited, even in private mode

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Files that you opened, even if you deleted them

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Passwords, even if you use a password manager

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All the devices and Wi-Fi networks that you used

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

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Tails includes a selection of applications to <strong>work on sensitive documents</strong> and <strong>communicate securely</strong>.

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<i>Tor Browser</i> with <i>uBlock</i>, a secure browser and an ad-blocker

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<i>Thunderbird</i>, for encrypted emails

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<i>LibreOffice</i>, an office suite

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Applications are blocked automatically if they try to connect to the Internet without Tor.

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Everything in the Persistent Storage is encrypted automatically.

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Everything you do on the Internet from Tails goes through the Tor network. Tor encrypts and anonymizes your connection by <strong>passing it through 3 relays</strong>. <i>Relays</i> are servers operated by different people and organizations around the world.

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A single relay never knows both where the encrypted connection is coming from and where it is going to:

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Tor also prevents the websites that you are visiting from learning <strong><i>where</i> and <i>who</i> you are</strong>, unless you tell them. You can visit websites <strong>anonymously or change your identity</strong>.

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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.

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