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Until the Tails privacy tool is patched, here's how to stay safe |
July 28, 2014
Vulnerabilities in the Tails operating system could reveal your IP address, but you can avoid trouble by taking a couple of precautions.Tails, a portable operating system that employs a host of privacy-focused components, plans to patch flaws contained in I2P, a networking tool developed by the Invisible Internet Project that provides greater anonymity when browsing. It’s similar in concept to Tor.On Saturday, I2P developers released several fixes for XSS (cross-site scripting) and remote execution flaws found by Exodus Intelligence, a vulnerability broker that irked some by announcing first on Twitter it knew of flaws but didn’t immediately inform Tails.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2458640/until-the-tails-privacy-tool-is-patched-heres-how-to-stay-safe.html#tk.rss_all
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