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>.

Websites that you visited, even in private mode

Digital security toolbox

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

<i>OnionShare</i>, to share files, websites, and chat rooms over Tor

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.

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

The 1st relay only knows where you are coming from but not where you are going to.

This 3rd relay only knows where you are going to but not where you are coming from.

The connection to the final destination is encrypted whenever possible to prevent the 3rd relay from reading its content.

The Tor network has more than 6&#8239;000 relays. Organizations running Tor relays include universities like the MIT, activist groups like Riseup, nonprofits like Derechos Digitales, Internet hosting companies like Private Internet Access, and so on. The huge diversity of people and organizations running Tor relays makes it more secure and more sustainable.

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