Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance and censorship

Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by WhereIsTheTruth on Thursday September 14, 2023 @12:17PM (#37510912)

Tor servers were breached by the CIA/NSA, I would be careful

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by trts on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:28PM (#37512011)

what's the alternative to Tor?

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by xyst on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:30PM (#37512050)

Physical world. Lol

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by 0cVlTeIATBs on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:26PM (#37512793)

More specifically, couriers to hand deliver your messages, like Al Qaeda had.

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by paravirtualized on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:01PM (#37512488)

There are no real "alternatives"; but see I2P, Lokinet and Freenet for some other options.

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by paravirtualized on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:29PM (#37512027)

Do you suggest that we trust our ISP instead, and pretend that they aren't compromised by default?

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by xyst on Thursday September 14, 2023 @01:29PM (#37512037)

By breaches you mean these agencies own a ton of exit nodes?

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by ThePowerOfFuet on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:44PM (#37528881)

Not just exit nodes, but guard and relay nodes as well. If they control all hops in the circuit, all your anonymity are belong to them.

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Re:Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance... by throwitaway156 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:35AM (#37543165)

You can increase the number of hops to make it very difficult. Guard nodes are pinned, so they might know who uses and who doesnt use Tor (doesnt matter if you arent using a bridge).

You can also set up your own exit/guard node and configure Tor accordingly. While not a recommended setup, it works pretty reliably.

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