The chapter is about how the Tor adversaries can disrupt the network and how the Tor developers are trying to find new technique to workaround these disruptions. The persistent storage feature of Tails is presented in detail so that the reader can understand what are the benefits and the drawbacks. In order to enhance privacy, Tails is delivered with the following packages :ĭetailed instructions are presented about how to create a bootable DVD and a bootable USB stick and how to run and configure the operating system. The Tails network stack has been modified so that all Internet connectivity is routed through the Tor network. Tails is a is a Linux distribution that includes Tor and other softwares to provide an operating system that enhances privacy.

Each of this tree components are described from the user point of view, each of the possible configuration options are presented in detail.

The TBB is composed of three components Vidalia which is the control panel for Tor, the Tor software itself and Mozilla Firefox browser. The chapter is presenting the TBB (Tor Browser Bundle) in detail. The chapter contains also the fundamentals of how Tor is working, what it can do to on-line anonymity and some advises about how it can be used safely.

This first chapter is an introduction to what is on-line anonymity, why (the on-line anonymity ) is important for some people and how it can be achieved using Tor. Almost all the information present in the book can be found in the official documentation, the only positive point is that all the needed information is present in one single place. This is not a technical book about the inner workings of Tor or Tails and I think a better title would be “How to use Tor and Tails for dummies”. This is a review of the Practical Anonymity: Hiding in Plain Sight Online book.

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