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[[!meta title="Our achievements in 2018"]]
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[[!tag announce]]
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On October 12, we started our [[yearly donation campaign|news/2018-fundraiser]]. Today, we summarize what we achieved with your help in 2018 and renew our call for donations.
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New features
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We integrated *VeraCrypt* in the desktop to allow you to work with encrypted files across different operating systems (Windows, Linux, and macOS).
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This work was done upstream in GNOME and will be available outside of
Tails in Debian 10 (Buster) and Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish).
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*Additional Software* allows you to install additional software automatically when starting Tails.
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We added a [[screen locker|doc/first_steps/desktop#screen-locker]] to give you some protection if you leave your Tails unattended, willingly or not.
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We completely redesigned our [[download page|install/download]] and verification extension to make it easier to get and verify Tails. It is also now possible to verify Tails from Chrome.
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Adoption
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- Tails was used approximately 22 000 times a day.
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We did more usability work than ever before. Every new feature was tested with actual users to make sure Tails becomes easier to use.
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We answered 1123 bug reports through our help desk and helped all these people to be safer online.
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Under the hood
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We released 11 new versions of Tails to continue offering improvements and security fixes as soon as possible, including 4 emergency releases. This year we've faced critical security issues like Spectre, Meltdown, EFAIL, and issues in Firefox and are working hard to always have your back covered!
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We made the build of Tails completely [[reproducible|news/reproducible_Tails]], which brings even more trust in the ISO images that we are distributing, a faster release process, and slightly smaller upgrades.
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We greatly diversified our sources of income. Thanks to all of you, the share of donations that we got from individuals increased from 17% to 34%. This made our organization more robust and independent.
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Community
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We attended 12 conferences and connected to free software and Internet freedom communities in 8 different countries, including Chaos Computer Congress (Germany), FOSDEM (Belgium), Internet Freedom Festival (Spain), Tor Meeting (Italy and Mexico), Debian Conference (Taiwan), and CryptoRave (Brazil).
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