TAILS REPORT FOR JUNE 2022 [1]

Here are a few highlights about what we did in May, among many other things:

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Our helpdesk email [2] now has auto-reply (#17935 [3]). *

Improved the UX of _Tor Connection_: people that were "exploring" the interface going back and forth used to find the wrong boxes to be automatically checked #18546 [4] *

We partecipated in Tor hackweek. It was very fun and very useful!

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We implemented QR code scanning #18219 [5]. This seems to work, but it still isn't ready for inclusion. *

We added support for Snowflake #5494 [6]. Again, this is a PoC: it's nice to see it working, but don't expect it to be released so soon.

RELEASES

Tails 5.1 was released on June 4 [7]. It fixed an important security vulnerability [8], but it also brought many improvements, among which:

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Improvements for users who leave east of UTC: _Tor Connection_ now automatically fixes the computer clock if you choose to connect to Tor automatically; also, the time displayed in the top navigation uses the time zone selected when fixing the clock in _Tor connection_. *

_Unsafe browser_ got a new homepage, which makes it easier to understand how to sign in to the local network using a captive portal.

After that, Tails 5.1.1 was released on June 23 [9] as an emergency release.

METRICS

Tails has been started more than 772283 times this month. This makes 25742 boots a day on average.

Links: ------ [1] https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2022_06/ [2] https://tails.boum.org/support/index.en.html [3] https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/17935 [4] https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18546 [5] https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18219 [6] https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/5494 [7] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.1/index.en.html [8] https://tails.boum.org/security/prototype_pollution/index.en.html [9] https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.1.1/index.en.html