Tails learns the current time by connecting to the captive portal detection service of [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/project.org/static/hotspot.txt), which is used by most Linux distributions. This connection does not go through the Tor network and is an exception to our policy of only making Internet connections through the Tor network.
Tails learns the current time by connecting to the captive portal detection service of [Fedora](http://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt), which is used by most Linux distributions. This connection does not go through the Tornetwork and is an exception to our policy of only making Internet connections through the Tor network.