Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 16

Starting today through the end of the year, all donations to Tor will be matched, 1:1, by Friends of Tor. That means a gift of $25 becomes $50! Plus, we've launched new swag—including a brand-new canvas tote. ✨🛍️
Get yours at https://donate.torproject.org/

That's why privacy and Tor are so important right now. Your support is key to Tor's success, and the best way to power Tor into the future is through a monthly commitment. ⤵️

https://donate.torproject.org/

We're living in a time of rising authoritarianism. Restrictive internet censorship and blackouts are normal tools used by governments to disrupt organizing and dissent. These violations of our privacy make it difficult to exercise our human right to assemble, research, & speak.

Every year, the Tor Project (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit) holds a fundraiser where we ask for your support. This year, we’re highlighting three positive forces in the world that are powered by privacy: resistance, change, and freedom.

https://blog.torproject.org/powered-by-privacy/

🧅Tor Relay Operator Meetup

Tor friends, relay operators, and anyone who wants to learn about Tor relays and Snowflake proxy:

Join us on Saturday, October 22 @ 1900 UTC!

https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-invitation-join-us-tor-relay-operator-meetup-october-22-2022-1900-utc/5106

❄️ Snowflake is helping people in Iran and other countries circumvent Internet censorship.

Let people know you're operating a Snowflake proxy by downloading and printing our Snowflake sticker pack!

https://community.torproject.org/outreach/kit/

New user guide: Circumventing Censorship in Iran with Tor!

If you are having issues connecting to the Tor network from Iran, please try these solutions

https://forum.torproject.net/t/iran-circumventing-censorship-with-tor/4590

Today is the last day to donate to the Bug Smash Fund.

We need your help to raise $75,000 to smash bugs and complete critical Tor maintenance.

Will you help keep Tor strong by making a contribution—of any amount—today?

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2022/

At Tor, we are very concerned about Google's plan to retire Manifest v2 and introduce Manifest v3.
This will not only affect privacy overall but also the ability for volunteers to support censored users around the world with Snowflake extension on Chrome.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

🔴 A new Tor stable (0.4.5.14, 0.4.6.12 and 0.4.7.10) was released today with an urgent bug fix (geoip data bug). Tor relay operators, please upgrade as they become available to you.

Full announcement:
https://forum.torproject.net/t/urgent-stable-release-0-4-5-14-0-4-6-12-and-0-4-7-10/4270

@cyberghost Hi, once Snowflake is running you can:

docker ps (get the container ID)

and then, run:
docker logs <container ID>

This will show you the status messages.

You should be running version 2.3.0 of the standalone proxy.

Get the latest version here: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-transports/snowflake

Or learn more at https://forum.torproject.net/t/please-update-your-snowflake-proxy-to-help-us-rollout-distributed-snowflake-server-support/4098

You should be running version 0.6.1 of the extension:

✅ How to update in Firefox: Settings > Extensions & Themes > Manage > Check for updates.

✅ How to upgrade in Chrome: Menu > More Tools > Extensions > (Enable Developer Mode) and Update.

❄️ 🚨 Snowflake operators, your help is needed!

Make sure you're running the most recent version of Snowflake. If you don't update, your Snowflake will stop working in the near future.

This includes people running the web extension AND the standalone proxy.

Dear relay operators,

Tor 0.4.6.x reached end of life and relays running that version will soon be rejected from the Tor network. Please upgrade your relay as soon as possible.

Thank you for your help powering Tor.
https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/guard/

We need your help to smash Tor bugs. 👾 🔨
Can you keep Tor users safe from bugs, and connected to the open internet, with a donation to the Bug Smash Fund this year?

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-bug-smash-fund-2022/

Tor is coming to Las Vegas!

🎲 August 12, 'How Russia is Trying to Block Tor' at Defcon, talk by Roger Dingledine.

🎲 August 12 - 14, Tor vendor booth, offering Tor swag, at Defcon.

More details below:

Arti 0.6.0 is now available! Arti is our ongoing project to create a working embeddable Tor client in Rust. In 0.6.0, we reworked many internal APIs to simplify and correct code, improve error messages, & provide more of Tor's cryptographic handshakes.

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_060_released/

@qbi unfortunately no.

Live! "Modernizing the Tor Ecosystem for the Future" at @MCH2022Camp by @ahf 🧅
https://streaming.media.ccc.de/mch2022/Abacus