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When you receive untrusted documents, for example, email attachments, *[Dangerzone](https://dangerzone.rocks/)* allows you to convert them into safe PDFs before opening.

*Dangerzone* is particularly useful for journalists who might receive dangerous
documents from anonymous sources or download them from the Internet.

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We recommend that you use:

Choose **Apps&nbsp;▸ System Tools&nbsp;▸ Console**.

gnome-text-editor admin:/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf

/etc/apt/sources.list.d source=apt/sources,link

/home/amnesia/.local/share/containers source=podman

<p class="command">sudo mkdir /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/apt/sources</p>

<p class="command">sudo ln -s /usr/share/tails/apt/dangerzone.sources /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/apt/sources/</p>

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<p class="command">sudo apt update</p>

<p class="command">sudo apt install dangerzone fuse-overlayfs uidmap</p>

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