Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 26

Tor 0.4.0.1-alpha introduces improved features for power and bandwidth conservation, more accurate reporting of bootstrap progress for user interfaces, and an experimental backend for an exciting new adaptive padding feature.

Full changelog: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-0401-alpha

We agree, 2019 is the year to use Tor. It’s also the year to share Tor with your friends, your family, and your networks. https://www.wired.com/story/tor-anonymity-easier-than-ever/

Thanks to our generous supporters who helped us raise $5k yesterday (that's $10k with @mozilla's match!), the Tor onion got to take a trip around the world.

And for the fun surprise, we've released a travelogue of the onion's adventures. #OnionTravels https://youtu.be/Pmv6BLu992k

We're trying to raise $5,000 today, and we just passed $3,000 -- thank you!

The Tor onion has now made its way from Latin America to North America 🌎

We need to raise just $1,815 more today to release a surprise! Help us get there: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-sin-oc-md #OnionTravels

We have 4.5k followers on Mastodon. If each gave just $2, we would double our fundraising goal the day.

Tor is vital for resisting tracking, surveillance, and censorship online.

If we get just a few thousand more dollars today, we'll even release a surprise.

Help us get there: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-sin-oc-md

The Tor onion is about to embark on a trip around the world 🌎🌍🌏

If we raise $5,000 in 24 hours tomorrow, we will release a surprise 🎁

The 24 hour challenge begins Thursday at 12:00am EST (05:00 UTC)! #OnionTravels https://torproject.org/donate/donate-sin-oc-md

Google shut down a data analysis system it was using to develop a censored search engine for China.

"Leaks about the plan and the extraordinary backlash that ensued both internally and externally appear to have forced company executives to shelve it at least in the short term."

Keep standing up to the giants. https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/google-china-censored-search-engine-2/

Tor needs your help.

So does an entire ecosystem of privacy and anonymity projects that rely on Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/strength-numbers-entire-ecosystem-relies-tor

Please donate today to keep Tor and an entire ecosystem strong: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-ann-sin-md

Today we celebrate #HumanRightsDay. Passed exactly 70 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights memorializes the basic notion that fundamental freedoms, including privacy, expression, and access to information, are essential for people all over the world.

We must defend and protect the universal human rights to privacy and freedom online. Tor is critical in this fight.

Please donate today to help protect the rights of internet users worldwide. https://torproject.org/donate/donate-hrd-sin-md

Most censorship techniques adopted by ISPs around the world are subtle, so it can be hard to distinguish intentional government censorship from transient network failures or other issues.

Transparency is essential.

OONI's dataset is probably the largest publicly-available resource on internet censorship to date:
https://blog.torproject.org/strength-numbers-fighting-internet-censorship

We've got 2 new alphas out: Tor Browser and Tor Browser for Android.

On the Android side, we reached another milestone in our efforts to reach stable shape: Orbot is no longer necessary in order to use Tor Browser for Android 🙌

On the desktop side, we included a new Tor alpha version (0.3.5.5-alpha) to help stabilize the networking code.

Full changelog: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-85a5

Tor Browser isn't just a tool for protecting activists and journalists online. You can teach your family to protect themselves with it, too.

Why should Google, your ISP, and website trackers know what your kids are researching and what sites they're visiting? They shouldn't.

It's official! Isabela Bagueros is now Executive Director of the Tor Project.

Read her first blog post as ED and find out her vision for Tor over the coming years: https://blog.torproject.org/strength-numbers-community-key

"Most modern browsers... have vulnerabilities that allow hosts of malicious websites to extract hundreds to thousands of URLs in a user’s web history, per new research from the University of California San Diego...

The only browser that was immune to the attacks was Tor Browser"

Yup, sounds about right.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zm9jd4/old-school-sniffing-attacks-can-still-reveal-your-browsing-history?fbclid=IwAR0nP1ipFsnFX7NKMHTvVBv0PPOLnvxRTaqleuWVyy2AO2A6gXJ0BsajWgA

We're looking for a Data Architect to take our Metrics work to the next level. This position can be performed remotely/internationally or from our Seattle office. https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-metrics-data-architect.html.en

Learn more about Tor Metrics: https://metrics.torproject.org/

If you want to try out Tor Browser for Android (alpha) and help us test it before the stable release hits, you can now download it from F-Droid.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-android-10a2

Walmart filed a patent to use biometric shopping handles to track customers' heart rates, temperatures, and stress levels.

Nothing to worry about at all.
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/walmart-patent-biometric-shopping-cart/

If you are in Mexico City this week, come join us! Learn how Tor can help protect you online, find ways to get involved, and hack with us: https://blog.torproject.org/hack-us-mexico-city-hackea-con-tor-en-mexico

We're hiring a developer to help us take our anti-censorship work to the next level.

Extensive experience writing and evaluating code in Python and Go is required.

Experience with Rust, internet security, and obfuscation technologies would be a big help.

Learn more and apply: https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs-developer-anti-censorship.html.en

Google’s secret prototype search engine for China reportedly links users’ mobile phone numbers to what search terms they’ve used. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/18/google-china-dragonfly-search-engine