Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
For the privacy-concerned—or the paranoid—Tails OS may be a good way to protect yourself online. Tails boots off of a USB stick and leaves no trace of itself once powered down. All internet connections are forced to use the Tor network, and a variety of other security- and privacy-conscious decisions have been made and software tools installed.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
For the privacy-concerned—or the paranoid—Tails OS may be a good way to protect yourself online. Tails boots off of a USB stick and leaves no trace of itself once powered down. All internet connections are forced to use the Tor network, and a variety of other security- and privacy-conscious decisions have been made and software tools installed.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
