Tails 1.3 rc1

Version 1.3 rc1 (Released 12 February 2015) of TAILS.

Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly.

It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card independently of the computer's original operating system. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.

Tails comes with several built-in applications pre-configured with security in mind: web browser, instant messaging client, email client, office suite, image and sound editor, etc.

Official site: https://tails.boum.org/index.en.html
For help with TAILS, a good starting point is https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/index.en.html.

NOTE: This is a release candidate, this should not be used in a production environment or where security is an absolute must. If you must use a version of TAILS in production or high security, you should use the latest stable.

Changes since 1.2.3

Major new features

Distribute a hybrid ISO image again: no need for anyone to manually run isohybrid anymore! (ticket #8510) Confine the Tor Browser using AppArmor to protect against some types of attack. Learn more about how this will affect your usage of Tails. (ticket #5525) Install the Electrum bitcoin client, and allow users to persist their wallet. (ticket #6739)


Minor improvements
Support obfs4 Tor bridges (ticket #7980) Touchpad: enable tap-to-click, 2-fingers scrolling, and disable while typing. (ticket #7779) Support Vietnamese input in IBus. (ticket #7999) Improve support for OpenPGP smartcards. (ticket #6241)