Tails will never try to harm you or any of our users, as a core principle of our [[Ssocial Ccontract|about](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.
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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Most of tThe software included in Tails has not beenis either written by us, but is or inherited fromTor and Debian Debian and other Tor projects:
The software included in Tails is either written by us or inherited from Debian and other Tor projects:
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[Tor](https://torproject.org/) is the best anonymity network available. TorTor 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)."
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)."
