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๐Ÿง… Project Seeks Network Health Engineer ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

The person in this position will work directly with helping us maintain existing systems, and design new systems for gathering and analyzing Tor network data.

The bulk of our code is currently written in , smaller portions are written in R, , PostgreSQL, and JavaScript. We are transitioning to a new pipeline mainly in and Python.

This is a full-time remote position.

https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/network-health/

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Dear operators,

We have an anonymous survey about relay operators motivations and needs.

This survey will focus on you and your experiences as relay operators. Our aim to help build a better Tor network & improve community health & outreach.

The survey will take between 30 and 40 minutes.

https://survey.torproject.org/index.php/751125?lang=en (English)

https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-tor-relay-operator-research/12121

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Dear relay operators,

If you're still running tor-0.4.7.x, it's time to upgrade!

Tor Dir Auths will reject relays from the network running 0.4.7 sometime this week.

At the moment, 5% of the Tor consensus is running version 0.4.7.x (~460 relays).

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Hey, censorship researchers: OONI team is running a survey about OONI explorer usability.

The survey is closing this Sunday, 24th March and it will help the team to improve OONI explorer.

๐Ÿ”— https://forms.gle/tYv3pecJiUFfUfEh9

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The Directory of Authorities are planning to reject relays running 0.4.7.x (EOL) in early April.

If you're running an outdated Tor relay, please upgrade ASAP!

https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/type:relay%20version:0.4.7%20

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Has anyone seen this? Is it worth watching?
https://youtu.be/ZoAEA1gO9Zg

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@realhackhistory yes, worth watching it.

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Job Opportunity: The Project (@torproject) seeks Systems Administrator! ๐Ÿง…

The SysAdmin will work as part of a small team responsible for managing the torproject.org servers, which, in turn, allow the Tor Project to create the software we know and love.

This is a full-time, remote position.

How to apply ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/system-administrator/

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users in China and Russia: If you're using Tor Snowflake, you will need to use the workaround below to connect to Tor Browser and/or Orbot.

Users from Iran shouldn't be affected by this problem, but let us know.
https://forum.torproject.org/t/fix-problems-with-snowflake-since-2024-03-01-broker-failure-unexpected-error-no-answer/11755

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Dictators Used Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It

โ€œhugely significant. It is a huge victory for all of us: civil society, victims of this technology, and the regimes that they were supplying into. โ€ฆ [Sandvine] could have stuck with sort of normal, civilian purposes. Instead, they chose to sell to dictators and facilitate censorship and repression. And so finally, they paid some price.โ€ -- Natalia Krapiva

https://www.wired.com/story/sandvine-us-sanctions-egypt-internet-censorship/

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The Project Seeks Rust Developer ๐Ÿฆ€

"As a developer on the Network Team, you will be part of a small team that develops and maintains the networking software at the core of the Tor network, keeping it secure and improving it for the future."

In this role, you will:

  • Help design, develop, and improve Arti, our Rust implementation of the Tor protocol.
  • Contribute to other free, open-source Rust projects

Interested? Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡

https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/rust-developer-network-team/

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This weekend, on February 25th, Cambodia and Belarus will hold elections.

Prepare yourself before the elections: download Tor Browser and Tor-powered apps to access the open Internet.

If www.torproject.org is blocked, get Tor via Telegram: https://t.me/gettor_bot

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Internet Freedom Non-profit Seeks Browser Software Engineer (Contractor)

The Project is seeking an experienced browser software engineer to work as a contractor on Mullvad Browser as part of Tor Project's Applications team.

How to apply: ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/browser-software-engineer/

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Defend Internet Freedom with in 2024 elections season

As over 65 elections will happen across the world in 2024, this year stands as the biggest election cycle of this century so far. Internet censorship and surveillance are a threat to the integrity of free and fair elections.

https://blog.torproject.org/2024-defend-internet-freedom-during-elections/

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Woke up with a user report that wasn't blocked anymore in Russia and they could connect without bridges.

Verified with @ooni's Circumvention Charts, and yep, it checks out. ๐Ÿคจ

But this smells... feels like heavier censorship's on the horizon.

https://explorer.ooni.org/chart/circumvention?since=2024-01-28&until=2024-02-03&probe_cc=RU

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Update: Roskomnadzor blocked again.

Users can bypass censorship using Tor bridges.

https://explorer.ooni.org/search?since=2024-02-02&until=2024-02-03&probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&failure=true

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๐Ÿง… PSA: Relay operators running 0.4.7.x - It's time to upgrade!

0.4.7.x series reached its end-of-life and very soon all relays and bridges running that series will be removed by Tor Directory Authorities.

Please make sure you upgrade to the 0.4.8.x series ASAP.

Stats of EOL relays (2024-02-01):

  • 1196 relays
  • 12% consensus weight
  • 15% guards
  • 2% exits

https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-psa-tor-0-4-7-reaches-end-of-life-eol-on-2024-01-31/11157

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The world must bring down Myanmarโ€™s digital iron curtain

"Today, February 1, marks three years since Myanmarโ€™s junta seized power in a violent and deadly coup."

"Shutdowns and surveillance in Myanmar are used to facilitate brutal human rights violations. Governments and businesses enabling these constant communications blackouts and the surveillance state are co-conspirators of authoritarian actors and must be held accountable. -- GOLDA S. BENJAMIN"

https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/third-year-myanmar-coup/

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If youโ€™re interested on please use and follow the hashtag . :)

(Unlike X, you can use as many hashtag you want on your toots without messing up with algorithms.)

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Last year EFF launched the Tor University Challenge: "a campaign urging higher education institutions to support free, anonymous speech by running a Tor network relay."

The campaign isn't limited to US and it's a great project for 2024!

Universities answering this call will receive prizes from EFF! ๐Ÿง… ๐Ÿฅฐ

To learn more about the Tor University Challenge:
https://toruniversity.eff.org/

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volunteers started a new Mastodon account to support and help users in mainland China in circumventing the .

Kindly follow and share: @tor4zh. โœŒ๏ธ

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The next Relay Operator Meetup will happen on Saturday, January 27th at 19:00 UTC.

Relay operators, snowflake volunteers, and bridge operators are welcome to join this Tor meetup.

Please share with your friends!
https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-2024-01-27-19-00-utc/11159

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"With Arti 1.1.12, it's finally possible to run onion services for testing and experimentation. There are a lot of rough edges and missing security features, so we don't (yet) recommend Arti onion services for production use."

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_1_12_released/

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๐ŸŸก DDoSecrets is facing a crucial moment.

To sustain their daily operations, urgently require a boost in funding till the end of January.

Please donate!
https://donorbox.org/ddosecrets-five-years-later

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urgently needs your support to continue operating.
Keep leaks alive! ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://donorbox.org/ddosecrets-five-years-later

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fundraising campaign stats (2024-01-23):

  • $9,071.84 Raised
  • 118 Donations
  • $150,000 Goal

You can donate here:
https://donorbox.org/ddosecrets-five-years-later

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fundraising campaign (2024-01-29)

โฌ†๏ธ $9,397.96 Raised of 150k

โ€œIn five years we've published over 100 million files from nearly 60 countries revealing the inner workings of far right extremist groups, sanctions evaders, weapons manufacturers, tax havens, illegal resource extraction, as well as law enforcement, military, and political groups from all over the world. We need your help to continue this valuable work.โ€

Donate:
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