The Tor Project

Are you a project management leader passionate about privacy and human rights? 🌍🌐 The Tor Project needs a Team Lead for Project & Grant Management. You'll work across engineering and fundraising to ensure impactful work gets delivered on time. Visit our job listings for full information: https://lnkd.in/gAddrjzF

Human rights are upheld by people, communities, and technologies that adapt to a changing world. Here's what that looks like for Tor as we head into the next year. https://lnkd.in/gFyvu6u3

It's International Human Rights Day #HRD 🌍✊ – and we want to know: Are you part of the Tor community? IF YOU BELIEVE THAT 🔐 privacy is a fundamental human right,  🛡️ everyone should have the right to stay anonymous online if they want 🕵️♂️ journalists and their sources in restrictive environments need access to information and protection from surveillance. 🧘 privacy-preserving tech is really essential for our safety as well as our wellbeing. ✅THEN THE ANSWER IS YES! ✨ Let us know why you are part of the Tor community in the comments. 💬 💜🧅 Thank you to Cindy Cohn Cooper Quintin Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Oliver Linow and the Deutsche Welle team, brewster kahle and Internet Archive, The Matrix.org Foundation, Ben Collier, Patrick Boehler and Gazzetta, Dr. Laura Scherling, EdD, the Privacy Guides team, James Farrell and the Funding the Commons team for sharing why you are part of our "incredible community of nerds"

Community contributions are what power Tor! Tune in this Wednesday, Dec 10 at 1700 UTC for day 2 of our State of the Onion to hear directly from OONI (Open Observatory of Network Interference), Guardian Project, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Hush Line and more. 📺 https://lnkd.in/gVfn9ETN 🧅 http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/

What happens when the internet goes down during a moment of crisis ⚠️📡? Like political turmoil or a natural disaster? How do you access trustworthy information? How do you stay in touch with others? And how can you support your community during a crisis? If you missed Tor's State of the Onion 2025 broadcast 🎥🧅, be sure to tune into the recast here: https://lnkd.in/gKmJRHTr Day 1 discussed the behind the scenes efforts that keep Tor users safe and secure against surveillance and attacks 🔒🛡️. 🚫 Hear more about how our teams collaborate to fight censorship in places like Iran, Russia, and China. 📶 Learn about how we defend against attacks and keep the network strong. 🤝 Find out how we're making our tools and services easier to use and integrate, and manage the systems that empower a community of global collaborators. And don't forget to join our Community Day stream on December 10th. ▶️  🔔 Get notified here: https://lnkd.in/gsq4KT5R

We’re excited for Funding the Commons: Buenos Aires on November 19. 🌐 💻 Tor's very own Roger Dingledine will speak at the summit that brings together builders, funders, and researchers to advance public goods funding and design real-world finance infrastructure. Are you building for the real world? 🌎 👉 https://lu.ma/ftc-ba-2025

🎉 Tor Browser 15.0 is now available! Our first stable release based on Firefox ESR 140, incorporating a year's worth of changes. Download now from the Tor Browser download page: https://lnkd.in/gwd6S9Eq 🖥️ What's new on Desktop: 🔹  Vertical tabs: stack your tabs in a sidebar 🔹 Tab groups: organize tabs into collapsible, named & color-coded groups 🔹  Unified search button in the address bar  Perfect for privacy-conscious power users, researchers, and anyone who accumulates tabs frighteningly quickly! 📱 Android gets screen lock: an extra layer of security for your browsing sessions.  🔒 Your tabs lock automatically when you switch away, protecting your privacy even if someone gains temporary access to your unlocked phone. ⛓️💥 This release is made possible by our community. Support our mission to FREE THE INTERNET - all donations matched by Power Up Privacy through December 31, 2025! ! 💜

“Operating as a nonprofit allows us to focus on building the most private tools we can–without ever having to compromise user privacy in order to generate profit for shareholders.” Read the full interview with Al Smith Thank you Common Good Cyber for helping build a stronger internet together. https://lnkd.in/eU5tNxPy

At the Tor Project, along with our incredible community of supporters, we're not just imagining a free internet — we're building it!  🧅🌐 - In Turkmenistan, Turkmen.news trusts Tor to provide safe access to the free internet where it once did not exist.  - Freedom of the Press Foundation uses Tor as the backbone of SecureDrop, enabling secure communications between journalists and sources. - In Russia and Egypt, individuals use the Tor Browser to access encrypted email services like Tuta | Secure Email & Calendar to freely communicate. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Tor Project relies on donations to power its tools -– the Tor network, Tor Browser, Tails OS, and the Tor ecosystem. These tools are trusted by millions and always free to use, without collecting, selling, trading, or renting any of your data for profit. During the next three months, we will be hosting a fundraising campaign and are asking for your donations to power a free internet for millions across the globe. Every donation will be matched by our supporter, Power Up Privacy. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact. https://lnkd.in/drTj4Z3z

It takes a global community to make privacy possible. Huge thanks to DuckDuckGo for standing with us and 20+ fellow orgs fighting censorship and surveillance. 💜🌍🧅