Tails is [[audited by independent security researchers|security#audits]] and we publish the results of these audits.

[Debian](https://debian.org/) is the Linux distribution with the most derivatives, including Ubuntu.

Debian and its derivatives
are [the most popular Linux distributions on web
servers](https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/os-linux) across the
Internet.

The Debian project is coordinated over the Internet by a team of
volunteers whose work is entirely public. All this makes Debian one of the
Free Software projects under the most scrutiny by security researchers.

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

Tails is made by the Tor Project, the same organization that makes the Tor
software and *Tor Browser*.

However, Tails, like Debian, includes closed source binary firmware in order to work on as much hardware as possible.

See also our list of [[supporters|https://www.torproject.org/about/supporters/]].