Setting up TAILS
This project is designed to boot from the OS Tails, installed on USB. Follow the steps outlined on the TAILS website at https://tails.boum.org/install/index.en.html to do this. The USB stick must be at least 4GB in size (we recommend 8GB).
Once installed, restart your machine and boot from USB. You may need to change your BIOS settings to do this. Click Yes on ‘More Options’, and type an admin password.
By default, anyone monitoring outgoing connections made by TAILS will be able to see you’re using Tor. You can make Tor traffic much harder to detect by visiting https://bridges. torproject.org/options and choosing ‘obfs4’ under ‘Advanced Options’ to get some bridge addresses. Inside TAILS, click on This Computer’s Connection is Censored, then ‘Configure > Yes > Next’. Paste in the bridge addresses.
In TAILS, by default, all data is lost when you restart your machine. You can create an encrypted volume, however, to store files and settings. Once the desktop loads, click ‘Applications > Tails > Configure Persistent Volume’. Choose a strong passphrase and click Create. The wizard asks you which data to save — make sure Apt Packages, Apt Lists and Dotfiles are ticked, then click Save.
Restart TAILS to enable persistence fully. On the boot screen, click Yes on ‘Use Persistence?’ and enter your new password. Click Yes again for more options and Forward to choose an admin password like before. Follow the steps in the ‘Backup Scripts’ section (back over the page) to save and restore your server settings.