This folder contains files for Privex's modified version of the Tails privacy OS ( https://tails.boum.org )

It can be called 'privex-tails', 'tails-pvx', or 'pvx-tails'

Our fork is based on the official ISO released by Tails, and we've then modified the base system via
extracting the ISO + SquashFS, and then re-packing it after applying our changes.

The purpose of our fork was to improve general usability of the system, by adding various additional
software that we believe is highly useful to users, along with adjustments to configurations or
layouts (e.g. adding Tor Browser to the desktop, adding the various dotfile configs from someguy-scripts etc.)


WARNING: Unlike Tails, the extra third-party software which has been added to the base system - has not
         been extensively vetted for privacy leaks / security issues.

         Additionally, most of the additional tools that have been installed, have not been modified
         to use wrappers like `torsocks` to force their traffic to go over Tor.

         While we have taken precautions to avoid potentially "untrusted" software from running in
         the background by default, along with hardening their default configurations to improve
         their privacy/security, we cannot guarantee our Tails fork is as private/secure as the
         original Tails distribution.

         In situations where a potential minor data leak could endanger your life (e.g. usage of the OS
         on a stringently monitored government network), we strongly recommend using the 
         OFFICIAL Tails distribution instead. 

         The OFFICIAL Tails distribution can be found either from our own fileservers
         at https://files.privex.io/images/iso/tails/
         Or directly from the Tails website: https://tails.boum.org/install/download/


The main notable changes over the original Tails releases are:


 - Added I2P privacy network support

    - Client/server which starts in the background on boot ( i2p.service / i2pd.service )

    - "I2P Browser" located in the standard applications menu, which is simply Firefox ESR (extended support),
      with a customised default profile and corporate policy.

      - The default profile has privacy hardened settings, pre-installed extensions to improve privacy and security,
        and uses the local I2P service as a proxy, allowing you to browse eepsites (.i2p domains) out of the box

 - Added official Monero GUI wallet (in applications menu)

 - Added official Electrum wallet for Litecoin (Electrum-LTC)

 - Added config files from github.com/Someguy123/someguy-scripts to improve experience when using the terminal

 - Installed various extra packages to make life easier (especially when the default apt repos are locked down)
    - `mtr` - for doing traceroutes when you need to diagnose network issues
    - `nmap` - for port scans and other stuff
    - `netcat` - A general TCP swiss army knife, for serving and connecting to plain TCP sockets
    - `zsh` - An alternative to `bash` which is preferred by many (including myself)
    - `bash-completion` - Improves tab completion when using `bash`
    - `tmux` - Terminal multi-plexer, for persistent terminal sessions, with tabs and splittable panes.
    - `screen` - Similar to `tmux` but much more barebones
    - `mosh` - An alternative SSH client which uses UDP instead of TCP, and is designed to handle
      spotty connections. Unfortunately, probably not possible to use over Tor.
    - `openssh-server` - Disabled by default, but can be enabled if you need to SSH into your Tails system
    - `dnsutils` - Provides tools such as `dig` (query DNS servers for records and stuff), 
                   `nslookup` for resolving reverse DNS for IPs, plus other tools
    - `tcpdump` - A network dumping/monitoring utility, for inspecting what traffic is being sent/received
                  on a given network interface
    - `gparted` - For partitioning drives with a nice GUI
    - `parted` - Command line partitioning tool
    - `lz4`, `xz`, and `(un)zip` - for handling xz/lz4/zip archives
    - And various other useful tools :)