Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 17

Dear onion friends and relay operators at @MCH2022camp,

Join us tomorrow, Sunday at 2100 for a meetup to talk about Tor, running relays, and updates from our contributors. #mch2022

See you at the c-base tent! Please bring your own chair!

https://wiki.mch2022.org/Session:Tor_Relay_Operator_Meetup

Discover everything Tor Browser 11.5 has to offer, and be sure to update!
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115/

🟣 HTTPS-Everywhere has led a long career protecting our users. Now, HTTPS is actually everywhere. Firefox calls this feature HTTPS-Only Mode. Starting in Tor Browser 11.5, HTTPS-Only Mode is enabled by default for desktop, & HTTPS-Everywhere will not be bundled with Tor Browser.

🟣 Plus, we've introduced a new feature called bridge cards. Before Tor Browser 11.5, bridges used to be almost invisible, even when configured. Now, your saved bridges appear in a handy stack of bridge cards—including new options for sharing bridges too.

🟣 We've also redesigned Tor Network settings for users who prefer to configure their connection manually. This includes a brand new name—Connection settings—connection statuses, and streamlined UX for selecting a bridge.

🟣 Connection Assist is a new feature for users burdened by censorship. When Tor is blocked, Connection Assist will offer to automatically apply the bridge configuration we think will work best in your location.

🎉 Big news: Tor Browser 11.5 is here! In this release, we're bringing you automatic censorship detection and circumvention, redesigned Tor Network settings, Firefox's HTTPS-Only Mode enabled by default, and improved font support.

Take a look at what's new in Tor Browser 11.5:

Have a question about Tor, want to find other Tor users and relay operators, or just want to talk privacy online? Come check out the official Tor Forum:
https://forum.torproject.net/

Will you be at MCH2022Camp? We will be!
Join Alexander Færøy (@ahf), Tor's Network Team Lead, on July 24 at May Contain Hackers to learn about what we're doing to modernize the Tor ecosystem.
Add our talk to your schedule ⤵️
https://program.mch2022.org/mch2021-2020/talk/MUP7MX/

We're excited to share our latest annual report with you!

In the last year, Tor has mobilized against censorship, doubled the number of bridges on the network, & worked hard to make Tor faster.

Read about what you made possible in internet freedom 🔽

https://blog.torproject.org/2020-2021-annual-report/

"Сеть Tor — мощный и простой в использовании инструмент обеспечения анонимности. Благодаря ему правозащитники в странах с репрессивным режимом могут сообщать о нарушениях прав человека."

https://te-st.ru/2022/06/17/meskio-tor-interview/

Arti 0.5.0 is here! Arti is our ongoing project to create an embeddable Tor client in Rust. This release adds cryptographic acceleration, a useful set of top-level build features, reachable-address filtering, & detection for failed directory downloads.

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_050_released/

Relay operators, don't forget that today Saturday, June 25 at 19:00 UTC, is our monthly Relay Operator Meetup. Hope to see you there.

There are more event details and agenda in the works here on the Tor Forum:

https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-event-tor-relay-operator-meetup-june-25th-1900-utc/3610

📢 Calling all translators!

Tomorrow, Friday June 16th is our monthly Localization Hangout at 12:00 UTC onward.

We'll take a look at how previews for translation are built on Tor's Gitlab.

Join us, and find out more about monthly Tor Localization Hangouts:

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/l10n/-/wikis/Monthly-Tor-Localization-Hangouts

Relay operators, it's time to put the next relay operator meetup on your calendar: Saturday, June 25 at 19:00 UTC. Hope to see you there.

There are more event details and agenda in the works here on the Tor Forum:

https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-relays-event-tor-relay-operator-meetup-june-25th-1900-utc/3610

如何在中国大陆绕过 GFW 防火长城连接到 Tor？

中国大陆的用户可能需要一些额外步骤来绕过防火长城，连接到 Tor 网络。

https://forum.torproject.net/t/gfw-tor/3447

We're hiring two Software Engineers. The deadline to apply is May 31!

https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/software-engineer-applications-team-2/

[Workshop] Sysadmin 101 for new Tor relay operators! 🧅

Join us on June 4th at 19 UTC for new and prospective Tor relay and bridge operators on the basic “sysadmin fu” required to contribute to the network. Facilitated by Kushal and Gman999.

More info:
https://forum.torproject.net/t/workshop-sysadmin-101-for-new-relay-operators-june-4th-2022-19-utc/3400

Congestion control eliminates the speed limit of current Tor and reduces latency by minimizing queue lengths at relays. Congestion control brings significant performance improvements and increased utilization of our network capacity. Learn more:
https://blog.torproject.org/congestion-contrl-047/

🔵 Time to update: Tor Browser 11.0.13 is now available. This release brings congestion control to stable. You asked for a faster Tor—now, it's here! You should see significant browsing and download speed improvements in Tor Browser 11.0.13.

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11013/