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Tails will never try to harm you or any of our users, as a core principle of our [social contract](https://community.torproject.org/policies/social_contract/). As part of that commitment, we have written this page to help you make an informed decision about whether you can trust Tails.

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**Our work is public**

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**Tails is based on Tor and Debian**

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  The software included in Tails is either written by us or inherited from
  Debian and other Tor projects:

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    Tor
    has partnered with leading research institutions and has been subjected to
    intensive academic research. Tor has received awards from institutions
    such as the [EFF](https://www.eff.org/awards/pioneer/2012) and the [Free
    Software
    Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/news/2010-free-software-awards-announced).
    Even the NSA qualified Tor as "[the King of high secure, low latency Internet
    Anonymity](https://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/oct/04/tor-high-secure-internet-anonymity)."

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**Our downloads are verifiable**

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**Tails is recommended by renown and diverse people and organizations**