Help Smash Tor Bugs!
This year, the Tor Project must raise $75,000 to ensure we can smash Tor bugs and conduct needed maintenance. We need your help!
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The Tor Project 2020-2021 Annual Report
On behalf of the team, I am thrilled to share with you the Tor Project's latest Annual Report!
Tor in the News, 2021
Tor news and media coverage over the last year.
2021 Fundraising results: thank you!
THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to this campaign! You helped raise more for privacy online than we dreamed possible, and we’re extremely grateful for your trust and support.
Tor and the humans who use it
Today, the Tor Project is holding our second annual State of the Onion, an event where Tor teams and the larger Tor community come together to share what we've accomplished this year, and what we're looking forward to in 2022.
Privacy is a Human Right
Every donation between now and December 31 will be matched, 1:1, by Friends of Tor. Stand up for the human right to privacy and donate to the Tor Project today. Plus… new swag!
Global Encryption Day: #MakeTheSwitch
Today, Oct 21, 2021, is the very first Global Encryption Day, organized by the Global Encryption Coalition. Global Encryption Day is an opportunity for businesses, civil society organizations, technologists, and millions of Internet users worldwide to show our communities why encryption matters. It’s also a day for all of us to pledge to Make the Switch to encrypted services (like Tor!) and prioritize our privacy and security online.
Tor’s Bug Smash Fund Year 3: $107K Raised!
Hello, Tor world! We owe you a thank you. In August, you helped us raise $107,672.20 for the Bug Smash Fund this year! Thank you to everybody who made a contribution to the Bug Smash Fund during the month of August. This work is critical in helping us to provide safer tools for millions of people around the world exercising their human rights to privacy and freedom online.
Help Tor Smash Bugs: August 1-31!
The Bug Smash Fund is back for its third year! In 2019, we launched Tor’s Bug Smash Fund to raise money that would support our developers finding and fixing bugs in our software and to conduct routine maintenance. Maintenance isn’t a flashy new feature, and that makes it less interesting to many traditional funders, but it’s what keeps the reliable stuff working--and with your support, we’ve closed 370 Bug Smash Fund tickets.
Bug Smash Fund, Year 2: Progress Since February 2021
Last August, we asked you to help us fundraise during our second annual Bug Smash Fund campaign. We want to share an update on some of the work that the second year of the Bug Smash Fund has made possible. Since 2019, we've marked 410 tickets with BugSmashFund. As of today, 373 of those tickets have been closed, and 37 of them are still in progress.