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Improving on Tor .onion Address Usability

Hello again, this blog post is the second issue of the Cooking with Onions series which aims to...

How to handle millions of new Tor clients

Tor Browser 15.0

Tor Browser 15.0 is now available, featuring an update to Firefox ESR 140, improvements to tab management and the address bar on desktop, and screen lock for Android.

We Can Choose an Internet Without Surveillance

The internet is not just a network of computers—it’s a network of people. We hold great power in deciding its future.

Thoughts and Concerns about Operation Onymous

What happened Recently it was announced that a coalition of government agencies took control of...

Free the Internet: The Tor Project's annual fundraiser

This year we are calling to FREE THE INTERNET. Your donation will help break the chains of censorship and surveillance. If you give now during the campaign, your donation will be matched by our supporters at Power Up Privacy. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact.

Arti, a pure-Rust Tor implementation

Greetings! Today I'm happy to announce a new era in Tor implementation. Over the past year or so, we've been working on "Arti", a project to rewrite Tor in Rust. Thanks to funding from Zcash Open Major Grants (ZOMG), we can finally put the Arti project up in our priorities list, and devote more time to it. Below I'll…

Tor Browser 7.0a4 is released

Tor Browser 7.0a4 is now available from the Tor Browser Project page and also from our...

Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic

Tor is upgrading its relay encryption algorithm for improved security. In upcoming releases, Arti and Tor will both support a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). CGO prevents attackers from tampering with encrypted traffic, adds forward secrecy, and brings Tor's encryption up to modern…

A Statement from The Tor Project on Software Integrity and Apple

The Tor Project exists to provide privacy and anonymity for millions of people, including human...

This is what a Tor Supporter looks like: Laura Poitras

The first thing that Laura Poitras has to say about Tor is that she couldn’t have made...

A call to arms: Helping Internet services accept anonymous users

Looking for a way to help the Internet stay open and free? This topic needs some dedicated...

Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum investigation

Seven weeks ago, I published a blog post saying that Jacob Appelbaum had left the Tor Project,...

Bittorrent over Tor isn't a good idea

An increasing number of people are asking us about the recent paper coming out of Inria in...

Deterministic Builds Part One: Cyberwar and Global Compromise

I've spent the past few months developing a new build system for the 3.0 series of the Tor...