Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.18, is out.

All users must upgrade as soon as possible.

  1. Changes
  2. Known issue
  3. I want to try it / to upgrade!
  4. What's coming up?

Changes

Notable user-visible changes include:

  • New features

    • Support obfs3 bridges.
    • Automatically install a custom list of additional packages chosen by the user at the beginning of every working session, and upgrade them once a network connection is established (technology preview).

  • Iceweasel

    • Upgrade to Iceweasel 17.0.6esr-0+tails1~bpo60+1.
    • Update Torbrowser patches to current maint-2.4 branch (567682b).
    • Torbutton 1.5.2, and various prefs hacks to fix breakage.
    • HTTPS Everywhere 3.2
    • NoScript 2.6.6.1-1
    • Isolate DOM storage to first party URI, and enable DOM storage.
    • Isolate the image cache per url bar domain.
    • Update prefs to match the TBB's, fix bugs, and take advantage of the latest Torbrowser patches.
    • Make prefs organization closer to the TBB's, and generally clean them up.

  • Bugfixes

    • Linux 3.2.41-2+deb7u2.
    • All Iceweasel prefs we set are now applied.
    • Bring back support for proxies of type other than obfsproxy.

  • Minor improvements

    • Set kernel.dmesg_restrict=1, and make /proc/<pid>/ invisible and restricted for other users. It makes it slightly harder for an attacker to gather information that may allow them to escalate privileges.
    • Install gnome-screenshot.
    • Add a About Tails launcher in the System menu.
    • Install GNOME accessibility themes.
    • Use Getting started... as the homepage for the Tails documentation button.
    • Disable audio preview in Nautilus.

  • Localization: many translation updates all over the place.

See the online Changelog for technical details.

Known issue

The web browser default search engine is Google, instead of the intended localized Startpage. You may select Startpage HTTPS in the search engine menu next to the Google icon.

I want to try it / to upgrade!

See the Getting started page.

As no software is ever perfect, we maintain a list of problems that affects the last release of Tails.

What's coming up?

The next Tails release is scheduled for June 27.

Would you want to help? As explained in our "how to contribute" documentation, there are many ways you can contribute to Tails. If you want to help, come talk to us!