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You cannot access the Internet from Tails until you are connected to Tor. For example, *Tor Browser* displays the error message `The proxy server is refusing connections` until you are connected to Tor.

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<h1 id="automatic">Connecting to Tor automatically</h1>

We recommend connecting to Tor automatically if you are on a public Wi-Fi network or if many people in your country use Tor to circumvent censorship.

When you choose this option:

First, Tails synchronizes the clock of the computer automatically, because a correct time is needed to be able to connect to the Tor network.

Tails learns the current time by connecting to the captive portal detection
service of [Fedora](https://getfedora.org/), 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.

<p>You can learn more about our security assessment of this time
synchronization in our [[design documentation about non-Tor
traffic|contribute/design/Tor_enforcement#non-tor-traffic]].</p>

If you choose instead to [[hide that you are connecting to Tor|tor#hiding]],
you might have to fix the computer clock manually.

If Tails fails to synchronize the clock because you have to sign in to the network using a captive portal, an error screen is displayed that helps you do so.

For detailed instructions, see how to [[sign in to the network using a
captive portal|unsafe_browser]].

Then, Tails tries different ways of connecting to Tor until it succeeds:

Tails tries to connect to Tor directly using **public relays**, without using a bridge.

Tails tries to connect to Tor using one of the **default bridges**, already included in Tails, if connecting using public relays fails.