Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 20

Our friends at Leap are hiring Go, Android, and iOS developers. LEAP builds the VPNs used by Riseup, Calyx Institute, US public libraries, and more.

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https://leap.se/post/2021_11_28_work_to_do/

📺 Watch Tor tomorrow (Dec 28) noon EST on CCC #r3c!! We will be presenting a compilation of the State of the Onion:

https://pretalx.c3voc.de/rc3-2021-chaosstudiohamburg/talk/QP9SRX/

Here's the link for the live stream:
https://streaming.media.ccc.de

You can make a difference for users in Russia by running a Tor bridge. Bridges are relatively easy & low bandwidth to operate, & they have a big impact. By running a Tor bridge, you help people bypass censorship. Make it a holiday project! 🌉 ✨

Here's how:
https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/

This week we saw Roscomnadzor block hackerncoder's mirrors of http://torproject.org, again making it much more difficult for journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and marginalized or vulnerable people to access Tor and our resources.
https://www.torproject.org/

Last week, OONI 🐙 launched a new report about the censorship against Tor in Russia, which shows the different censorship methods the Russian government is using. This report also shows that the censorship isn't uniform across the country.

https://ooni.org/post/2021-russia-blocks-tor/

Users in Russia can circumvent censorship by requesting a Tor bridge using our Telegram bot (@GetBridgesBot), using Tor Browser's bridge configuration settings, by visiting our website (https://bridges.torproject.org), or by sending an email to bridges@torproject.org.

And thanks to our amazing relay operators who have spun up many more bridges, we've been able to keep Russian users connected to Tor and the free + open internet. 🇷🇺 🧅
https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-country.html?start=2021-09-22&end=2021-12-21&country=ru

Update, Dec. 21: Since the Russian government began censoring our website & network earlier this month, we've been actively helping users circumvent that censorship. We've answered more than 1,000 support tickets from Russian users trying to connect...
https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?start=2021-09-22&end=2021-12-21&country=ru&events=off

Join us TODAY for PrivChat #6 at 7pm UTC, 2pm EST, 11am PST: https://youtu.be/ttQiA_GfI6s

Hosted by Cindy Cohn of EFF, with panelists Nadya Tolokonnika (pussyrrriot), Nicholas Merrill (founder & ED of Calyx Institute), and Ali Gharavi (Senior Programme Specialist at Sida).

Find out more: https://torproject.org/privchat/

And our fixes to the Snowflake protocol are on track to be included in next week's Tor Browser 11.5a1 alpha release. Stay tuned!

This week's Tor Browser 11.0.2 release has fresh built-in bridges so Russian users can configure their Tor Browser to "use built-in obfs4 bridges."

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1102/

Some Russian ISPs blocked public Tor relays and built-in bridges by IP address, enumerated "moat" obfs4 bridges and blocked them by IP address, and used DPI to recognize and block Snowflake connections. Other obfs4 bridges continued to work throughout.
https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge-country.html?start=2021-09-10&end=2021-12-09&country=ru

Dec 9 UPDATE: Since the Russian government has taken another step against internet freedom by blocking the Tor Project's website and, in some cases, blocking the network, internet freedom supporters have fought back by spinning up 200+ bridges. 💪 🌉
https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html#search/type:bridge%20running:true%20first_seen_days:0-2%20

URGENT: Starting Dec. 1st, Russian ISPs have started blocking access to Tor. We've also learned that Roskomnadzor, the Russian gov't responsible for censorship, intends to block http://torproject.org.
We need your help NOW to fight censorship!

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/

Здравствуйте! Похоже, ваш Интернет-провайдер блокирует Tor. Tor Browser включает инструменты обхода блокировок. О том, как использовать мосты Tor, можно прочесть здесь (на русском языке): https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-blocked-in-russia-how-to-circumvent-censorship/982

🦀 Arti version 0.0.2 is released, including bunches of API breaks, loads of refactoring, better configuration support, and optimistic streams.

Ever wanted to try an embeddable Tor client in Rust? Here you go:

https://forum.torproject.net/t/arti-0-0-2-is-released-api-groundwork-refactoring-config-and-optimism/939

New on the blog: why certificate transparency matters and how it can be deployed safely in Tor without being restricted to a weak attacker.

https://blog.torproject.org/tor-certificate-transparency/

As a thank you to the Tor community, we're sharing three wallpapers for you to download and use as you wish. 💜

No donation is required to download, but if you love these wallpapers, please consider a $5 donation in the name of privacy online.

http://kbbaahpojw2s5ejng6uwbjlwk7jvn76stz5ojnqweef7tfqx7omvy3ad.onion/

Are you an experienced SRE? Do you love onion services?
We're hiring an Onion Services Site Reliability Engineer! This role will be responsible for setting up and managing onion sites for partners and monitoring their availability.
Learn more:
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/onion-services-site-engineer/

It's simple: privacy is a human right. We're fighting to ensure everyone can exercise that right. Join us before the end of the year with a donation, and your gift will be matched, 1:1.

https://www.torproject.org/donate/donate-phr-md