With a simple USB drive and Tails, you can turn any PC into a secure, Tor-encrypted workstation in seconds.

The anonymizing Linux distribution for USB sticks, Tails, has been released in version 7.4. It fixes minor bugs.

These days, it seems as though anyone who uses the Internet is a tasty morsel for insatiable data thieves. Marketers, governments, criminals and random snoops won’t be satisfied until they can snarf ...

Tails is a Linux distribution most famously used by Edward Snowden. Boot Tails from a live DVD, USB drive, or SD card and it will turn any PC into a more private and anonymous system. Tails forces all ...

A few columns ago, I started a series aimed at helping everyone improve their privacy and security on the Internet. The first column in this series was an updated version of a Tor column I wrote a few ...

Running Linux from a USB drive is possible. You can boot just about any distribution you want from USB. There are some things you should consider before going this route. I've used Linux in just about ...

Among other things, the new Tails 7.0 should start faster and work even better with the latest hardware. Anyone who values anonymity and privacy cannot avoid the Linux distribution Tails. The ...

Now that you have Tails installed, let's start using it. I'm halfway through what will likely be a three-part series on the Tails live disk. In the first column, I introduced Tails as a special ...

There are USB sticks that will destroy your computer, USB sticks loaded with spyware, and even official enterprise USB sticks infected with malware. Last, but never least, when it comes to stealing ...

Whenever Mozilla pushes out a new version of its Firefox web browser, you can always guarantee that an update to the Tor Browser and the Tails operating system will be close behind, alas, with Firefox ...

Privacy is a huge concern for many users after the NSA spying revelations. The secure Linux operating system called Tails – favored by Edward Snowden – has just ...