Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 11

Сегодня в Жанаозене, #Казахстан, был отключен интернет во время протестов за права рабочих. Если вы находитесь в Казахстане, мы советуем вам загрузить и протестировать Tor, пока ситуация не переросла в национальное отключение интернета. #KeepItOn

@citizenlab has released a new report about Spyware Vendor QuaDream’s Exploits, Victims, and Customers: https://citizenlab.ca/2023/04/spyware-vendor-quadream-exploits-victims-customers/ Victims include journalists, political opposition figures, and NGO workers in North America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Another way to power the Tor network is to make a monthly contribution. Monthly donations keep the Tor network strong by providing organizational stability—even a small, predictable donation makes a big difference in our ability to plan for the future.
https://donate.torproject.org

For the first time ever, the Tor network has almost 2,000 exit relays! Tor would not be possible without the people and organizations running exit relays, and we want to give them all a big thank you for making a decentralized privacy network possible. 💜
https://metrics.torproject.org/relayflags.html?start=2003-01-12&end=2023-04-05&flag=Exit&flag=Guard

If you find yourself in the Bay Area on Saturday, consider joining @internetarchive's "Don't delete our books! Rally" in San Francisco. ✊ https://actionnetwork.org/events/dont-delete-our-books-rally-in-san-francisco

We agree with @eff : "The RESTRICT Act is absolutely the wrong approach to protecting data privacy." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/broad-vague-restrict-act-dangerous-substitute-comprehensive-data-privacy

The next Tor Relay Operator Meeting is coming up on April 15th, 2023, at 19 UTC. If you want to add agenda items, you can do so here: 🔗 https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-tor-relay-operator-meetup-april-15th-2023-at-19-utc/7104

Roger Dingledine will give the inaugural talk at @IUs Cybersecurity and Global Policy Speaker Series this Friday, April 7th. He’ll examine why privacy is necessary for human rights, and end with a discussion of onion services. Learn more here: https://events.iu.edu/siceiub/event/918286-internet-privacy-in-the-age-of-big-surveillance?_gl=1*9xeptc*_ga*NzM2MjE2NzE1LjE2Nzk1OTkxNDM.*_ga_61CH0D2DQW*MTY4MDIwMzEzMC4yLjAuMTY4MDIwMzEzMC4wLjAuMA..&_ga=2.82974227.487936929.1680203130-736216715.1679599143

Mullvad VPN and the Tor Project today present the release of the Mullvad Browser.

A privacy-focused web browser designed to be used with a trustworthy VPN instead of the Tor Network.

Read the full story and download the browser here.

https://mullvad.net/browser

oday we announced the Mullvad Browser - built by the Tor Project. A browser allowing anyone to take advantage of the privacy protections of Tor Browser without Tor.
👀 Learn more here: https://blog.torproject.org/releasing-mullvad-browser

Don't be fooled—there might be an onion shortage elsewhere in the world, but our onions aren't going anywhere. https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/onion-shortage-philippines-turkey-kazakhstan-morrocco-world-food-crisis-inflation-12201522.html #aprilfoolsday

We encourage all allies to learn more about Tor's privacy-protecting technologies that have been utilized by the trans community for more than 15 years: https://community.torproject.org/

Privacy and visibility should be about self-determination and agency. Everyone deserves to be able to choose when, and with whom, they share personal information.

We'll use today's Transgender Day of Visibility to celebrate the resilience of trans people in the face of an increasing anti-trans political landscape and raise awareness of the fact that not everybody can or wants to be visible.

When in doubt, and if you want to verify that you are accessing official Tor software, you can reach us through various messaging apps, including
💬 Telegram https://t.me/TorProjectSupportBot
💬 Signal: +17787431312
💬 or WhatsApp: +44 7421 000612

If our website is blocked where you are, you can download using GetTor bot:
💬 https://t.me/gettor_bot
🪞 Or using a mirror: https://tor.eff.org

For those who could not watch it live and in person, here's a replay of Roger Dingledine's keynote speech at @EthereumDenver from earlier this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rdUK1s9tg

In Turkmenistan, lots of ways to connect to Tor are blocked, but you can help Turkmens access the free and open internet by running an obfs4 Tor bridge! The trick is, you need to run it on a residential connection. Here's how to help👇
https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-help-turkmens-to-bypass-internet-censorship-run-an-obfs4-bridge/7002

Access to information is a fundamental human right. Learn more about how Onion Services create a "border-less country-agnostic space" and some of their use cases across the globe. https://blog.torproject.org/how-we-plant-and-grow-new-onions/

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