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- Tails report for April, 2021
Releases
Tails 4.18 was released on April 20.
Tails 4.19 is scheduled for June 1.
Changes and updates
Removed "Synchronizing the system's clock" notification when connecting to Tor network
Removed Poedit
Code
Documentation and website
Ordered 2 Panda wireless adapters to debug recent user reports
Tested the JavaScript verification in Firefox and Chrome beta
User experience
Implemented parts of the redesigned network connection configuration
Highlights:
- Users can opt for default bridges.
- Users see progress status for Tor bootstrap even if they don't use bridges.
- The Tor configuration interface is now accessible and compatible with Wayland.
- We don't depend on Tor Launcher.
Press and testimonials
We notice the nomination of Tails in two different classes:
Privacy and Security Tools for 2021
From:https://restoreprivacy.com/privacy-tools/
Tails is another privacy-focused operating system that can be run live on a USB drive, CD, or SD card.
The End Of Student Privacy? Remote Proctoring's Invasiveness and Bias
From: https://privacylab.yale.edu/
Education: Teaching privacy, security, and anonymity concepts through reading groups and hands-on workshops. Implementation: Hosting Tor relays/wireless access points and providing the TAILS operating system.
Translations
Core pages of the website
- de: 44% (934) strings translated, 23% strings fuzzy
- es: 90% (1909) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
- fa: 19% (417) strings translated, 15% strings fuzzy
- fr: 85% (1788) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
- it: 67% (1407) strings translated, 15% strings fuzzy
- pt: 39% (824) strings translated, 14% strings fuzzy
All the website
- de: 26% (1855) strings translated, 14% strings fuzzy
- es: 53% (3719) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
- fa: 19% (1377) strings translated, 12% strings fuzzy
- fr: 84% (5900) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
- it: 34% (2414) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
- pt: 18% (1278) strings translated, 9% strings fuzzy
Core pages of the website for languages not activated on the website yet
- ar: 7% (162) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy
- ca: 7% (163) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
- id: 6% (133) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
- pl: 7% (165) strings translated, 6% strings fuzzy
- ru: 23% (502) strings translated, 6% strings fuzzy
- sr_Latn: 5% (109) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy
- tr: 8% (174) strings translated, 6% strings fuzzy
- zh: 11% (234) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy
- zh_TW: 22% (463) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy
Metrics
- Tails has been started more than 742 093 times this month. This makes 24 736 boots a day on average.