Tails Linux 2.7 is out (2016-11-15)

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- Announcement: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_2.7/index.en.html
- Download: https://tails.boum.org/install/download/openpgp/index.en.html

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- Changelog: https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog

tails (2.7) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Security fixes
    - Upgrade to Linux 4.7. (Closes: #11885, #11818)
    - Upgrade to Tor 0.2.8.9. (Closes: #11832, #11891)
    - Upgrade Tor Browser to 6.0.6 based on Firefox 45.5. (Closes: #11910)
    - Upgrade Icedove to 1:45.4.0-1~deb8u1+tails1. (Closes: #11854,
      #11860)
    - Upgrade imagemagick to 8:6.8.9.9-5+deb8u5.
    - Upgrade openssl to 1.0.1t-1+deb8u5.
    - Upgrade libarchive to 3.1.2-11+deb8u3.
    - Upgrade bind9 to 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u8.
    - Upgrade libav to 6:11.8-1~deb8u1.
    - Upgrade ghostscript to 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3.
    - Upgrade c-ares to 1.10.0-2+deb8u1.
    - Upgrade nspr to 2:4.12-1+debu8u1.
    - Upgrade nss to 2:3.26-1+debu8u1.
    - Upgrade tar to 1.27.1-2+deb8u1.
    - Upgrade curl to 7.38.0-4+deb8u5.
    - Upgrade libgd3 to 2.1.0-5+deb8u7.
    - Upgrade opendjk-7 to 7u111-2.6.7-2~deb8u1.
    - Upgrade mat to 0.5.2-3+deb8u1.
    - Upgrade libxslt to 1.1.28-2+deb8u2.
    - Upgrade pillow to 2.6.1-2+deb8u3.

  * Minor improvements
    - Ship Let's encrypt intermediate certificate to prepare the
      the next certificate renewal of our website. Also unify the
      way our upgrades and security checkers verify this SSL
      certificate using our dedicated perl lib code. (Closes: #11810)

  * Bugfixes
    - Fix multiarch support in Synaptic. (Closes: #11820)
    - Set default spelling language to en_US in Icedove. (Closes: #11037)

  * Build system
    - Disable debootstrap merged-usr option. (Closes: #11903)

  * Test suite
    - Add test for incremental upgrades. (Closes: #6309)
    - Add tests for Icedove. (Closes: #6304)
    - Decrease timeout to Tails Greeter to speed up testing of branches
      where it is broken. (Closes: #11449)
    - Add a ID field to the remote shell responses to filter out
      unrelated ones. (Closes: #11846)
    - Reliabily wait for the Greeter PostLogin script. (Closes: #5666)
    - Reliabily type the kernel command line in the prompt at the boot
      menu to ensure the remote shell is started. (Closes: #10777)
    - Remove DVDROM device when not used, to workaround QEMU/Libvirt
      compatibility issue. (Closes: #11874)

 -- Tails developers <tails@boum.org>  Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:46:04 +0100

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Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity, and helps you to:

- use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship;
- all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the Tor network;
- leave no trace on the computer you are using unless you ask it explicitly;
- use state-of-the-art cryptographic tools to encrypt your files, emails and instant messaging.

https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html

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- Tor Browser 6.0.6 is released (2016-11-15)

- Announcement: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-606-released
- Downloads: https://www.torproject.org/download/download-easy.html.en

- Here is the full changelog since 6.0.5:

_ All Platforms
Update Firefox to 45.5.0esr
Update Tor to 0.2.8.9
Update OpenSSL to 1.0.1u
Update Torbutton to 1.9.5.12
= Bug 20414: Add donation banner on about:tor for 2016 campaign

- Translation updates
Update Tor Launcher to 0.2.9.4
= Bug 20429: Do not open progress window if tor doesn't get started
= Bug 19646: Wrong location for meek browser profile on OS X
Update HTTPS-Everywhere to 5.2.7
Update meek to 0.25
= Bug 19646: Wrong location for meek browser profile on OS X
= Bug 20030: Shut down meek-http-helper cleanly if built with Go > 1.5.4
= Bug 19838: Add dgoulet's bridge and add another one commented out
= Bug 20296: Rotate ports again for default obfs4 bridges
= Bug 19735: Switch default search engine to DuckDuckGo
= Bug 20118: Don't unpack HTTPS Everywhere anymore

_ Windows
= Bug 20342: Add tor-gencert.exe to expert bundle

_ OS X
= Bug 20204: Windows don't drag on macOS Sierra anymore
= Bug 20250: Meek fails on macOS Sierra if built with Go < 1.7

- Build system
_ All platforms
= Bug 20023: Upgrade Go to 1.7.3

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What is Tor?

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security.

https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en