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[Keep Britain White]

I made myself a DVD with "Tails" OS on it, so I can (they say) go on the web completely anonymously.
Is it as anonymous as they say, or could I still be traced?

[Socialism_is_terrorism]

I made myself a DVD with "Tails" OS on it, so I can (they say) go on the web completely anonymously.
Is it as anonymous as they say, or could I still be traced?

Hi Keep Britain White, that question can't get answered the easy way! Tails is a Linux distribution, which routes all network traffic through TOR. Additionally, its Firefox browser comes with pre-installed anti tracking & adblock plug ins (ubock & umatrix). And Tails runs completely in your systems RAM, so no traces on your hard drive/ssd. So in theory you are anonymous, as long as you don't log in to sites who know your identity of course. And as long as you don't use a compromised system of course (at least Apple and Dell machines have compromised firmware that is started pre OS, and it is proven they actually use that to 'talk home'. In theory the Intel management system could do that as well, but afaik no such behaviour has been observed so far).
That being said: Tor (Tails) will protect you very well against tracking from Niggerbook, Apple, Google, Twitter, etc.
BUT (and that's the real problem in western societies where governments increasingly act against their own people), you are not protected against state agencies! The commercial OSes from the US have mandatory (Patriot Act, All Writs Act, etc.) built in backdoors for whatever agencies, and nobody knows if they did manage to smuggle backdoors into Linux, BSD, Tor,...
Hence Russia checked the Linux sources they used for their Astra Linux for years before they permitted its use, as did the Chinese with Kylin.

Long story short: Tails is the best thing you can do, and obviously you should avoid Apple & Google hardware&sw by all means. But you could use a regular Linux with full encryption and Tor as well, should not make a big difference. If you insist on a smartphone, it is advisable to use e.g. LineageOS, AOSP,... (as long as you don't install google store & apps of course), then you are able to even use system-wide Tor and adblockers on a phone as well. If you don't plan to relocate to China, and as long as you don't mind getting tracked by the Chinese government, you could of course use a Huawei phone as well - just joking.