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Tails is basically a “throw away” operating system. One of the things that has been exposed, time and time again is that “…adversaries with global reach…” [[surveillance|track computer use]] in a myriad of ways.  Often they will put tracking [[cookies]] or markers on your computer, loaded from [[website]]s you visit.  There has been a documented case of this happening to [[James Wesley Rawles]]<ref>[[James Wesley Rawles]], [[American Redoubt]]: [[The Survival Blog]] http://survivalblog.com/2012/03/important-message-from-jwr-the-fbis-cookie-caper-and-the-vpn-imperative.html Accessed December 6, 2014</ref> [[The Survival Blog]] users. These then “report back” everywhere you go on the [[Internet]].  This is one way Tor can be circumvented.  If your computer is already compromised (we call it “owned”) then nothing else you do can keep you secure.  Once they have a tracking cookie or [[trojan horse|hackware]] on your computer they can then build a very expansive history of your Internet activities.  Tails goes a long way to preventing that.  [James Wesley Rawles suggestion on disabling cookies is “old school” and will not work against any decent [[hacker]], since half the time we don’t use cookies.  I have already showed that [[VPN]]s are only useful in protecting your [[anonymity]] if the [[VPN]] operator is willing to go to jail to for you.  They are not<ref>https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/39788/how-can-you-be-caught-using-private-vpn-when-theres-no-logs-about-who-you-are Accessed December 6, 2014</ref>. Here is the story of hacker named Cody Krestsinger known online as Recursion now in jailed and tracked down through the [[United Kingdom]] based HideMyAss VPN service because he defaced an [[FBI]] website.  Do not trust VPN services.  Part of the answer to this ungodly, [[unconstitutional]], [[unethical]] behavior is Tails and [[Tor]].

Tails is basically a “throw away” operating system. One of the things that has been exposed, time and time again is that “…adversaries with global reach…” [[surveillance|track computer use]] in a myriad of ways.  Often they will put tracking [[cookies]] or markers on your computer, loaded from [[website]]s you visit.  There has been a documented case of this happening to [[James Wesley Rawles]]<ref>[[James Wesley Rawles]], [[American Redoubt]]: [[The Survival Blog]] http://survivalblog.com/2012/03/important-message-from-jwr-the-fbis-cookie-caper-and-the-vpn-imperative.html Accessed December 6, 2014</ref> [[The Survival Blog]] users. These then “report back” everywhere you go on the [[Internet]].  This is one way Tor can be circumvented.  If your computer is already compromised (we call it “owned”) then nothing else you do can keep you secure.  Once they have a tracking cookie or [[trojan horse|hackware]] on your computer they can then build a very expansive history of your Internet activities.  Tails goes a long way to preventing that.  [James Wesley Rawles suggestion on disabling cookies is “old school” and will not work against any decent [[hacker]], since half the time we don’t use cookies.  I have already showed that [[VPN]]s are only useful in protecting your [[anonymity]] if the [[VPN]] operator is willing to go to jail to for you.  They are not<ref>https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/39788/how-can-you-be-caught-using-private-vpn-when-theres-no-logs-about-who-you-are Accessed December 6, 2014</ref>. Here is the story of hacker named Cody Krestsinger known online as Recursion now in jailed and tracked down through the [[United Kingdom]] based HideMyAss VPN service because he defaced an [[FBI]] website.  Do not trust VPN services.  Part of the answer to this ungodly, [[unconstitutional]], [[unethical]] behavior is Tails and [[Tor]].

Tails is a “[[read only]]” operating system (OS) that works from a DVD.  This is critical.  Tails is booted from a read only DVD (your throw away media) and only operates in RAM, it does not interact with your [[hard drive]] at all, actually it is specifically prevented from doing so.  Thus when you power your machine down, every thing you do goes away.  And this is important.  You must power down, and hopefully keep your computer out of anyone’s hands for at least 2 minutes (120 seconds).  We have become aware of a tactic where “adversaries” attempt to capture your computer quickly and then deep freeze the memory to try to later at the lab pull data (history, passwords other connections) from the RAM memory of the computer.  They call it a “Cold Boot Attack.”<ref>https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/cold_boot_attacks/index.en.html Accessed December 6, 2014</ref> This is why they “rush in” to seize computer equipment some times.  This is why Tails tries to protect you, but you must shut it down, and hopefully keep it out of their hands for 120 seconds while your RAM cools.  Tails Operating System does nearly every thing that is possible to remove any history of your activities.  It actively wipes RAM, it stores nothing.

Tails is a “[[read only]]” operating system (OS) that works from a DVD (or another external medium, such as a USB Drive).  This is critical.  Tails is booted from a read only DVD (your throw away media) and only operates in RAM, it does not interact with your [[hard drive]] at all, actually it is specifically prevented from doing so.  Thus when you power your machine down, every thing you do goes away.  And this is important.  You must power down, and hopefully keep your computer out of anyone’s hands for at least 2 minutes (120 seconds).  We have become aware of a tactic where “adversaries” attempt to capture your computer quickly and then deep freeze the memory to try to later at the lab pull data (history, passwords other connections) from the RAM memory of the computer.  They call it a “Cold Boot Attack.”<ref>https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/cold_boot_attacks/index.en.html Accessed December 6, 2014</ref> This is why they “rush in” to seize computer equipment some times.  This is why Tails tries to protect you, but you must shut it down, and hopefully keep it out of their hands for 120 seconds while your RAM cools.  Tails Operating System does nearly every thing that is possible to remove any history of your activities.  It actively wipes RAM, it stores nothing.

One reason Tails uses a bootable DVD, is that you can slip it into your work computer (or another computer), get on the Internet. You then can get on the Internet using [[Firefox]] with [[SSL Everywhere]], through Tor anonymous service and every other [[open source]] anonymity solution they can think of.  Do what you need to do like post information that you want to share with [[American patriots]].  Then you “shutdown” your computer, Tails will do every thing it can to wipe memory and it even automatically ejects the DVD to remind you to take it.  After you have done what you need to do, you can then boot back to your normal computer.  If you want to kick it up a level, shred the DVD with Tails on it. That is why I call Tails plastic gloves for Internet use.

One reason Tails uses a bootable DVD, is that you can slip it into your work computer (or another computer), get on the Internet. You then can get on the Internet using [[Firefox]] with [[SSL Everywhere]], through Tor anonymous service and every other [[open source]] anonymity solution they can think of.  Do what you need to do like post information that you want to share with [[American patriots]].  Then you “shutdown” your computer, Tails will do every thing it can to wipe memory and it even automatically ejects the DVD to remind you to take it.  After you have done what you need to do, you can then boot back to your normal computer.  If you want to kick it up a level, shred the DVD with Tails on it. That is why I call Tails plastic gloves for Internet use.