Web User - UK (2019-11-27)

Best FreeSoftware

30 27 Nov-10 Dec2019

Ifyou’reconcernedaboutyourprivacy,then

Tails–whichstandsforTheAmnesiacIncognito

LiveSystem–istheoperatingsystemyouneed

toputyourmindatease.It’saliveLinuxOSthat

youcanbootintofromaDVD,USBmemory

stickorSDmemorycard.TheOScanhidewho

andwhereyouare,encryptyourfiles,emails

andinstantmessagingchats,andprotectyou

frommalwarethreats.Thisnewbuildisbased

onDebian10(Buster)andincludesupdated

versionsofthesoftwarebundledinTails,

includingTorBrowser9(seeabove).The

WelcometoTailsgreeterhasbeenupdated,

andtherehavebeenanumberofperformance

andusabilityimprovementsmade,too.

BleachBitisanexcellentopen-sourcesystem
cleanerthatremovesjunkfilesfromyourPC,
thusfreeing upspace,andprotectsyour
privacybysecurelyshreddingpersonalfiles
sotheycan’tberecovered.It’s veryeasyto
use–allyou have todoisselecttheareasyou
wanttotarget,clickthePreviewbuttontosee
theresultsandthenclickCleantoremovethe
selecteditems.
Thisreleasegivestheinterfaceamajor
makeover–includinganoptional darkmode
–andprovidesimprovedperformance,more
thoroughcleaningandgreaterreliability.
Seeourworkshoponpage 57 tofind out
howtouseBleachBit3.

BasedonthesameengineasMozillaFirefox,
thissecurebrowserusestheTornetworkto
protectyourbrowsinganddisguiseyour
location.Italsocomeswithanumberof
privacy-focusedadd-ons,andyoucanadjust
thesecuritylevelofthesoftware,choosingfrom
Standard,SaferandSafest.Thenewversion
featuresimportantsecurityupdatestothe
browserengine(it’sbasedonFirefox 6 8ESR-
ExtendedSupportRelease),andmakesusing
Tormoreintuitive.TheTorbuttonandTor
Launcherextensionshavebeenintegratedinto
thebrowser,andthesoftwarenowusesa
techniquecalledLetterboxingtohidethesizeof
yourscreendimensionsfromsnoopers.

SECUREWEBBROWSER

TorBrowser9
http://www.torproject.org
Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/ 10 ,macOS
orLinux Filesize: 6 3.7MB

PRIVACYOS

Tails4

tails.boum.org

Minrequirements:Windows 7 /8.1/10,

macOSorLinux Filesize: 1 .1GB

SYSTEMCLEANER

BleachBit 3
http://www.bleachbit.org
Minrequirements:Windows7/8.1/10orLinux
File size:11.3MB