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[[!meta title="Tails 6.0"]]
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[[!meta date="Tue, 27 Feb 2024 12:34:56 +0000"]]
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[[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
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[[!tag announce]]
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We are very excited to present you Tails 6.0, the first version of Tails based on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43. Tails 6.0 brings new versions of most of the software included in Tails as well as several important security and usability improvements.
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[[!toc levels=2]]
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<h1 id="features">New features</h1>
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Error detection on the Persistent Storage
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Tails 6.0 warns you about [[errors when reading or writing|ioerror]] from your Tails USB stick.
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These alerts can help you diagnose hardware failures on your USB stick and backup your Persistent Storage before it's too late.
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Mount external devices automatically
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When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard disk, Tails 6.0 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers you to unlock the encryption automatically.
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[[!img test_6.0-rc1/unlock.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt="Authentication Required. A
passphrase is needed to access encrypted data."]]
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This feature also simplifies how to unlock [[*VeraCrypt* encrypted volumes|doc/encryption_and_privacy/veracrypt]].
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Protection against malicious USB devices
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If an attacker manages to plug a [[!wikipedia BadUSB desc="malicious USB
device"]] in your computer, they could run software that breaks the security
built in Tails without your knowledge.
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To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails 6.0 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.
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You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is unlocked.
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[[!img test_6.0-rc1/usbguard.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt="Notification: Reconnect
USB device. New device has been detected while you were away. Please disconnect
and reconnect the device to start using it."]]
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Dark Mode and Night Light
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