Want to Protect Your Web Privacy? Try "Tails."
President Obama is set to make a speech to the nation on Friday, in which his "reforms" for the NSA will be detailed. A recent Hill article cited Obama's goal for the NSA isn't so much to stop the unconstitutional spying and privacy violations (though it is said he'll pay surface lip-service to that), but instead on stopping future Ed Snowden style leaks. Thus, our privacy isn't a real concern, is more than likely still in violation, and will be until a massive upheaval of the political State takes place.With that in mind... I recently was made aware of a USB-based operating system named "Tails," which protects your web privacy via a protective wall that blocks applications you may be unaware of from accessing the internet without your knowledge. From the Tails site:
Tails relies on the Tor anonymity network to protect your privacy online:
- all software is configured to connect to the Internet through Tor
- if an application tries to connect to the Internet directly, the connection is automatically blocked for security.
Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location.
Tails supersedes the operating system on whatever computer its used on, so any computer becomes your private computer during a session. The OS operates using RAM, which is erased from any computer upon shutdown. Simply power off and your usage is safe.With no reprieve from the State's intrusion into our privacy, it's good to know that tools like Tails exist to protect our liberty and privacy.Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon!
