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(1/3) THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to Tor during our year-end fundraising campaign! Advancing the human right to privacy wouldn't be possible without you. As a token of our thanks, we're sharing free Tor wallpapers for your desktop & mobile devices in this thread :green heart:

The Tor relay operator online meetup is starting in 10 minutes (19UTC)!

Join us and meet operators running the Tor network.

Agenda details 👇

https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-save-the-date-tor-relay-operators-meetup-2023-01-28-19utc/6210

Christian Kaufmann has over 20 years of experience in the internet environment as an architect, manager and board member in various roles.

Sarah Gran is VP of the Brand & Donor Development team at ISRG, the nonprofit behind Let's Encrypt, Prossimo, and Divvi Up.

Esra'a Al Shafei is a Bahraini human rights activist and founder and director of Majal.org, a network of digital platforms that amplify under-reported and marginalized voices in the Middle East and North Africa.

We are excited to announce the result of our open call for board members - three new members are joining the Tor Project’s Board of Directors: Esra'a Al Shafei, Sarah Gran and Christian Kaufman! https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-new-board-members/

"In 2022, censorship and control of information has increased... we've seen setbacks in the fight for human rights coming from all directions... privacy and freedom online have been critical lifelines." -Isabela Fernandes, Executive Director

https://blog.torproject.org/reflecting-on-2022/

The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and one of the best ways to power Tor is through a monthly donation. Plus, every one who becomes a monthly donor (of any amount) before the end of the year will get a Tor sticker pack. 💜 https://donate.torproject.org

📖 Lastly, if you're having trouble connecting to the Tor Network, remember that you can view the Tor Browser Manual offline via "Help > Tor Browser Manual".

Thank you to all of the volunteers who contributed to this release by testing and translating Tor Browser! 💜

🧅 12.0 for Android also includes the option to "prioritize .onion sites". When enabled, you will be redirected automatically to the matching .onion site for any web site that has Onion-Location configured.

🔒 HTTPS-Only Mode is now enabled by default in Tor Browser for Android. This change will help provide the same level of protection against SSL stripping attacks by malicious exit relays that we introduced to desktop in Tor Browser 11.5.

🍎 Tor Browser 12.0 now provides native support for Apple Silicon. We've opted for a Universal Binary too – meaning both x86-64 (for Intel) and ARM64 (for Apple Silicon) builds are bundled together and the correct version chosen automatically.

💬 Tor Browser for desktop is now truly multi-locale, meaning all supported languages are included in a single bundle. You can switch display language without any additional downloads via the Language menu in General settings.

🦊 Tor Browser has been upgraded to Firefox Extended Support Release 102. We've carefully reviewed ESR 102's release notes to ensure each change is adheres to Tor Browser's strict privacy and security principles.

🚀 Tor Browser 12.0 has landed! This release includes an upgrade to Firefox ESR 102, multi-locale bundles for desktop, native support for Apple Silicon, HTTPS by default and redirects to .onion site for Android, plus support for Albanian and Ukranian.

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-120/

We're hiring a Software Engineer (C Developer) to work on the Tor network and onion services. Tomorrow, December 1, is the last day to apply. Submit your applications now! https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/software-engineer-c-developer/

Beyond powering Tor, when you become a monthly donor, you'll receive an exclusive Defenders of Privacy patch + gifts from the Tor Project throughout the year. Plus, we'll send you new Tor stickers January if you become a donor today! https://donate.torproject.org

As a nonprofit, the Tor Project relies on donations, not profit, to fight for privacy online. We don’t harvest or sell your data and we don't charge to use Tor. That means that everyone, everywhere, can use Tor for free.

Because Tor is built on donations, we need those who are able to step up and make a monthly donation to ensure Tor is available for everyone, no matter their circumstances:

https://blog.torproject.org/become-a-monthly-donor/

We earned a 2022 Platinum Transparency Seal with Guidestar, the nonprofit data search engine.

This top-level ranking means we are transparent about our where our funding comes from and how we use donations to further our mission of privacy online.

Learn more about the impact of your support of the Tor Project: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-8096820

We earned a 2022 Platinum Transparency Seal with Guidestar, the nonprofit profile search engine. This top-level ranking means we are transparent about our where our funding comes from and how we use donations to further our mission of privacy online. Learn more about the impact of your support: https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-8096820