The Tor Project and Tails have joined forces and merged operations to streamline operations, expand outreach, and strengthen both organizations' ability to protect people worldwide from surveillance and censorship.
This blog post is a response to an investigative news report about a large-scale law-enforcement attack that managed to de-anonymize a user of an old version of the long-retired app Ricochet. This blog post aims to provide insight into what we know so far. Nothing that the Tor Project has learned about this incident suggests that Tor Browser was attacked or exploited. Tor users can continue to use Tor Browser to access the web securely and anonymously.
Drawing from his experience as a member of the hacker community, Assange recognized that encryption could offer a protective shield for investigative journalists and leveraged it for his work with Wikileaks. Among other tools, he used .onion sites, the Tor network, Tor Browser and Tails OS--which have now become a 'basic kit' for investigative journalism.
The event will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on May 25th, 2024. It is free and open to the public with sessions in English and Portuguese.
Today is "I love Free Software Day", a day celebrating all the contributors to free software projects, and the Tor Project is giving some love to a children's book that aims to encourage young readers to learn more about free software and its role in democratic societies.
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.
The video from our 37C3 talk is now available.
As we bid farewell to 2023, we reflect on the hard work of the Tor Project's teams and their many noteworthy achievements to improve Tor and its experience for millions of users all around the world. Thank you to our community of users, volunteers, relay operators, partners, and donors for making these projects possible through their generous contributions.
We will be hosting our annual State of the Onion livestream, a virtual two-day event featuring the Tor Project's different teams presenting highlights of their work from 2023 and what we are excited about in the upcoming year, on November 29th and December 6th from 17:00 - 18:00 UTC.
Today we’re highlighting just some of the stories Tor users have shared with us (explicitly, with consent) about how Tor makes a difference in their lives.