Sponsor K

Timeline

2011-09-01 to 2013-02-28

Deliverables

Project Goals

1. Improve usability and security of Tails for end-users:

   • Research, design, implementation and testing of: optional persistent encrypted file system stored on removable media
   • more language support (esp. Asian and Middle-eastern languages)
   • support for ISPs with http login
   • easy and secure email support
   • portable virtualisation for Windows
   • Windows-like camouflage

2. Maintenance.

   • Make bug fix releases when necessary.
   • Make new point releases of Tails for pushing new features to the users.
   • Testing all new releases according to our release process.

3. Community work and staying up to date with upstream.

   • Keep track of security advisories and relevant security research.
   • Follow up on user requests and community contributions.

4. Implementing an automatic testing and auditing framework.

   • Research, design and implementation.

5. Distributing Tails to activists through secure channels.

   • Install Tails on USB drives, and distribute them to people in need.