welcome everybody to this video, section five of the tails masterclass.
in this video, we're going to be discussing how to actually get online in tails.
now the next video will actually show you connecting to tor, but i wanted to be sure to give you an overview of how tails actually uses the internet.
it's important to note that tail uses tor for all of its communication on the os.
you can install things that can go round tor, but i wouldn't suggest this as the default security and functionality of tails is really enhanced by utilizing tor as the engine for all your internet activity.
so this will be the tor proxy for all network activity.
and then the tor browser also comes installed on tails ready to use.
to actually get online on a tails device, we can hop over to our tails desktop and you'll see you get this error that says it needs to connect to a local network.
so you'll need to be sure to connect any wifi or hardwire any internet into your device to make sure that that works.
so let's go ahead and connect to a network right now and take a look at what tor looks like after doing that.
and once we connect to our wifi, you'll see that tor automatically connects.
and you saw an error page there for just a moment, but it went away and it's ready to use the internet on the device.
now when tor starts, you can also put in bridge information.
that's part of the initial startup settings entails.
so be sure to use that if you need a tor bridge to actually connect to the tor network.
if you're not sure what that is, definitely check out the tor masterclass we have at dark web academy to dive deeper into learning about tor, what it is, how it works, and more about bridges and entry nodes and exit nodes and all the things surrounding tor.
if you have any questions on this, of course, let me know.
otherwise, i'll see you in the next one.