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For hardware compatibility issues, refer to our [[known issues|support/known_issues]].
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For questions related to Tor, see also to the [Tor support pages](https://support.torproject.org/).
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Tails is part of the [Tor Project](https://torproject.org/).
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Tails [[was founded|news/celebrating_10_years]] in 2009 and [[joined forces with Tor|news/tails_tor]] in 2024.
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No. Upgrading whenever you get a notification from *[[Tails Upgrader|doc/upgrade]]* is enough.
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Tails provides upgrades every 4 weeks, which are thoroughly tested to make sure that no security feature or configuration gets broken.
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If you upgrade the system yourself using `apt` or *Synaptic*, you might break things.
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Our team sometimes publishes emergency releases, whenever important security upgrades are available in Debian or *Tor Browser* before the next scheduled release.
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<p>In the future, we might make it possible to verify the integrity of a Tails
USB stick from another trusted OS. ([[!tails_ticket 7496]])</p>
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Fingerprinting websites, such as <https://panopticlicoveryourtracks.eff.org/> or <https://ip-check.info/>, try to retrieve as much information as possible from your browser to see if it can be used to identify you.
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Fingerprinting websites, such as <https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/>, try to retrieve as much information as possible from your browser to see if it can be used to identify you.
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Currently, Tails does not work with VPNs.
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Currently, Tails does not work with VPNs.
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With VPNs, the administrators of the VPN can knowUnlike Tor, VPNs don't provide strong anonymity because the VPN provider can see both where you are connecting from and where you are connecting to.
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Unlike Tor, VPNs don't provide strong anonymity because the VPN provider can see both where you are connecting from and where you are connecting to.
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But VPNs have clear benefits over Tor in some situations where strong anonymity is not needed, for example:
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To access websites that block Tor or can only be accessed from a given country
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To use videoconferencing tools like *Jitsi* or *Zoom*
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To access private VPN services like intranets or share folders
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To browse the Internet at higher speeds than Tor
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We are now considering adding VPN support to Tails, either:
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By adding another browser that would use a VPN instead of Tor. ([[!tails_ticket 19465]] or [[!tails_ticket 19942]])
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By giving the option to use a VPN instead of Tor for the whole system and still having Tor Browser to use Tor only ([[!tails_ticket 19901]])
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