A new update has been released for Tails OS

Aug 12, 2015 12:20 GMT  ·  By

Tails, a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and that helps you use the Internet anonymously, has been upgraded to version 1.5 and is now ready for download and testing.

Tails was already an established operating system in the Linux community, but when Edward Snowden said that he used that OS when he distributed the top-secret files to journalist and that he trusted it, the distribution become much more famous. It's especially useful if you want to remain completely anonymous on the Internet or if you want to disguise your footprint by emulating the behavior and signatures on another OS, like Windows, for example.

Tails is actually an acronym that stands for The Amnesic Incognito Live System. Another interesting aspect about this particular OS is the fact that its developers are unknown to the general public and even to each other. This makes it difficult for any kind of authority to track them down and force them to stop. As you can imagine, Tails can be used in many ways, and not all of them might be legal.

Tails 1.5 is not a big update

This latest version of Tails doesn't bring anything out of the ordinary, but there are a couple of new features in there that should get some attention. Most of the other changes are all about maintenance and various package upgrades.

One of the features mentions the following, "Disable access to the local network in the TOR Browser. You should now use the Unsafe Browser to access the local network." This is just one instance of stuff that's worth a second look.

According to the changelog, Tor Browser 5.0 based on Firefox 38 ESR has been added by default, a 32-bit GRUB EFI boot loader has been offered, the AppArmor setup has been audited and improved, and the network is now properly disabled when MAC address spoofing fails.

A complete changelog can be found in the official announcement. You can download Tails 1.5 right now from Softpedia.