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.

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 can 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 “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— select “Apt Packages,” “Apt Lists” and “Dotfiles,” 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 to save and restore your server settings.