Tails: a live operating system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity

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Interesting project, I'll give it a try. Can it be mounted and launched as a VM rather than external media and would there be any downsides to using it this way? Thanks for sharing!

You can, and that's a great way to try it out.

Tails recommends against using it in a VM for serious purposes though, since at that point it's only as secure as your host OS. If your host was comprised then Tails in a VM might not protect your communications.

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