On September 26, 2024, the open source Tor Project and Tails teams announced a merger to make the Internet safer and freer from censorship.

The Tails project is a continuation of the development of the Incognito OS. The first distribution of the project was released in June 2009. In Tails, all outgoing connections are secured by the Tor system, and all non-anonymous connections are blocked. The system is designed to boot from LiveCD or LiveUSB and leaves no traces on the PC where it was used. Encryption is used to store data in the project.

Joining forces will allow the Tor Project and Tails teams to work together, making the projects more efficient and accessible to users. As part of this cooperation, it is planned to create even more reliable tools for protecting privacy. Educational programs will also be developed so that more users know how to use various network technologies. As a result, Tails will become even more popular among Tor users.

The collaboration between the Tor Project and Tails has several key goals:

• strengthening protection against surveillance and censorship on the Internet;
• simplification of cooperation between projects and reduction of costs;
• improvement of educational programs for users;
• expansion of opportunities for activists, journalists and everyone who needs security on the Internet;
• integration of resources and increasing awareness of Tails through the Tor platform.

The joint team will be led by the directors of both projects – Isabelle Rafalski from the Tor Project and Ruth Steinberger from Tails. Both leaders will jointly manage projects to focus efforts on further development and integration of their technologies that ensure anonymity and security of users on the Internet.