Tails

Tails is a Debian based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user.

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Tor Browser Bundle
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the amnesic incognito live system (tails) is a debian based live cd/usb with the goal of providing complete internet anonymity for the user. the product ships with several internet applications, including web browser, irc client, mail client and instant messenger, all preconfigured with security in mind and with all traffic anonymised. to achieve this, incognito uses the tor network to make internet traffic very hard to trace.

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Privacy focused Encrypted chat Anonymity PGP Encryption Support for TOR Based on Debian Compatible with TrueCrypt

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