Kungekudala iqela lokuphuhlisa ngasemva kweMisila, encinci kakhulu eyaziwayo ngokunyanisekileyo, ishiye izithunzi, ibhengeze iindaba malunga nale nkqubo yokusebenza kunye neLinux kernel kwaye yenzelwe ukungaziwa kwaye kuthiwa yeyona ikhethwayo kwaye isetyenziswa nguEdward Snowden, yahlaziywa kwinguqulelo 1.8. Imisila 1.8 iza neendaba ezinomdla kwaye okona kubaluleke kakhulu, abanye ubuthathaka bulungisiwe xa kuthelekiswa nokukhululwa kwangaphambili kwale LiveCD.
Umsila isekwe kwi-Debian kwaye yenzelwe ukungaziwa, ikwa simahla ngokupheleleyo, yiyo loo nto ivunyiwe yi-FSF (Isoftware yasimahla yeSoftware). Abaphuhlisi bapolisha i-kernel kunye nokusetyenziswa ukuphucula nokwenza ukuba zikhuseleke ngakumbi, kunye nezixhobo zokungaziwa njenge Tor. Khumbula ukuba igama lokusasazwa kwemisila yeLinux livela kwisicatshulwa seAmnesic Incognito Live System.
Enye yezona zinto zintsha zibalulekileyo zemisila 1.8 kukuphunyezwa kwe Icedove njengomthengi we-imeyile ovulekileyo. Ngamanye amagama, i-Claws Mail, isoftware yangaphambili esetyenziswe yiMisila kwezi njongo, ithathelwe indawo. Khumbula ukuba i-Icedove yimfoloko okanye uguqulelo olususelwe kwiMozilla Thunderbird. Sikwabona ukuphuculwa ngokweTor Browser eye yahlaziywa kwinguqulelo 5.0.5, Tor to version 0.2.7.6, I2P to 0.9.23, Enigmail to 1.8.2 and Electrum to version 2.5.4.
Ukukhuphela i-LiveCD yale nguqulo intsha ye TAILS distro, ungaya kuyo iwebhusayithi yeprojekthi kwaye ufumane zonke iintlobo zolwazi malunga neprojekthi, amaxwebhu, ukhetho lokufaka igalelo, kunye nendawo yokukhuphela apho uya kufumana khona iMisila 1.8. Ukukhuphela kumalunga ne-1GB, ine-hash yokuqinisekisa ukuthembeka komfanekiso okhutshelweyo kunye nezinto onokukhetha kuzo khuphela kwi-torrent Ukuba ukhetha. Ngelishwa iwebhusayithi ayikho ngesiSpanish, kuphela ngesiNgesi, isiJamani, isiFrentshi kunye nesiPhuthukezi.