Tails stands for “The Amnesic Incognito Live System,” and the operating system certainly lives up to that name. But what is Tails? Tails is a live operating system, which means it’s not installed.

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...