{"id":65942,"date":"2024-09-26T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/tails-os-joins-forces-with-tor-project-in-merger\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T20:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:57:23","slug":"tails-os-joins-forces-with-tor-project-in-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/tails-os-joins-forces-with-tor-project-in-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Tails OS joins forces with Tor Project in merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tor-tails-800x450.webp\" alt=\"Tails OS joins forces with Tor Project in merger\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/tor-tails.webp\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"529\" data-width=\"940\">Enlarge<\/a> (credit: The Tor Project)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Tor Project, the nonprofit that maintains software for the Tor anonymity network, is joining forces with Tails, the maker of a portable operating system that uses Tor. Both organizations seek to pool resources, lower overhead, and collaborate more closely on their mission of online anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Tails and the Tor Project began discussing the possibility of merging late last year, the two organizations <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.torproject.org\/tor-tails-join-forces\/\">said<\/a>. At the time, Tails was maxing out its current resources. The two groups ultimately decided it would be mutually beneficial for them to come together.<\/p>\n<h2>Amnesic onion routing<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cRather than expanding Tails\u2019s operational capacity on their own and putting more stress on Tails workers, merging with the Tor Project, with its larger and established operational framework, offered a solution,\u201d Thursday\u2019s joint statement said. \u201cBy joining forces, the Tails team can now focus on their core mission of maintaining and improving Tails OS, exploring more and complementary use cases while benefiting from the larger organizational structure of The Tor Project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2052906#p3\">Read 6 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2052906&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge (credit: The Tor Project) The Tor Project, the nonprofit that maintains software for the Tor anonymity network, is joining forces with Tails, the maker of a portable operating system that uses Tor. 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