Published on 2021-12-21
Tor in 2022, from the Tor Project's Executive Director
It has become a tradition for me to write a blog post at the end of each year, sharing my vision for the Tor Project for the upcoming year. Before talking about what I see for us in 2022, I want to reflect on 2021 and how this has been a year of resilience for Tor.
I'm very proud of every single person who contributed to Tor in 2021: the Tor Project staff, our core contributors, our community, and our supporters. 2020 was a year of sacrifice, but none of the stones thrown in our way stopped us from looking ahead and dreaming of a greater future. And in 2021, we bounced back to continue to shape this greater future.
My vision for 2022 is to keep Tor on this track, and our users are our priority when building this strategy. Visit our blog to read more about what you've help accomplish in 2021, and where I see our organization and community headed in the next year.
Responding to Tor censorship in Russia
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/
Since December 1st, Internet providers in Russia have started to block access to Tor (https://meduza.io/news/2021/12/03/zhiteli-rossii-pozhalovalis-na-blokirovku-tor). As of Dec. 6, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor), a Russian government bureaucratic entity, also began to censor our website and subdomains (https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/support/-/issues/40050#note_2764565).
Russia is the country with the second largest number of Tor users, with more than 300,000 daily users or 15% of all Tor users (https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-table.html).
As it seems this situation may escalate to a country-wide Tor block, it's urgent that we respond to this censorship. Find out about how you can help users in Russia stay connected: blog.torproject.org/tor-censorship-in-russia/.
At the moment, Bridges bundled directly into Tor Browser are blocked for some users in Russia. You will need to get a working obfs4 bridge. Here's how, with instructions in Russian: https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-blocked-in-russia-how-to-circumvent-censorship/982.
В настоящее время мосты, встроенные непосредственно в Tor Browser, в России заблокированы. Вам нужно получить работающий мост obfs4. 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.
Privacy-Preserving and Incrementally-Deployable Support for Certificate Transparency in Tor
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-certificate-transparency/
In case you are not familiar with TLS certificates, websites present them to visitors in an attempt to prove their identities. For example, "I'm www.torproject.org and not some imposter". The problem is that certificates can be issued by many different central authorities. If one of these authorities gets the issuance process wrong, e.g. due to mistakes, coercion, or compromise, there may be a mis-issued certificate for some domain name.
The goal of Certificate Transparency is to ensure that certificate mis-issuance does not go unnoticed. The idea is that before a browser accepts a certificate as valid, it must be visible in a public Certificate Transparency log. The second issue of PETS 2021 featured a paper that brings Certificate Transparency to Tor. The authors of the paper--Rasmus Dahlberg, Tobias Pulls, Tom Ritter, and Paul Syverson--shared a summary of this work on the Tor blog: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-certificate-transparency/.
ICYMI: PrivChat #6 - Privacy is a Human Right
https://www.torproject.org/privchat/
In this edition of PrivChat, we're brought together a group of panelists with direct experience as activists or working with activist groups to talk about privacy and why it is so important to the fight for human rights.
Hear from panelist Ali Gharavi, Senior Programme Specialist, Swedish International Development Agency; Nadya Tolokonnika, artist, activist, and founding member of Pussy Riot; and Nicholas Merrill, founder and Executive Director, the Calyx Institute; and Cindy Cohn, Executive Director of EFF as host. Watch the recorded event on the Tor Project's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQiA_GfI6s.
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Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
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Published on 2021-12-02
Help censored users, run a Tor bridge
https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
Bridges are private Tor relays that serve as stepping stones into the network. When the Tor network is blocked, users can get a bridge to circumvent censorship. Thanks to our community of bridge operators, users in China, Belarus, Iran, and Kazakhstan can connect to the Tor network and access the free and open Internet.
We currently have approximately 1,200 bridges, 900 of which support the obfs4 obfuscation protocol. Unfortunately, these numbers have been decreasing since the beginning of this year. This is where we need your help. We need you to run a Tor bridge!
To show our appreciation for your volunteer work, we're offering unique and exclusive Tor reward kits. For example, if you run 10 obfs4 bridges for one year, you can get the Golden Gate bridge kit, including 1 Tor hoodie, 2 Tor T-shirts, and a sticker pack. Find out about running a bridge, helping censored users, and winning Tor swag! https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
Tor and the humans who use it: the impact of your donation
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-and-the-humans-who-use-it/
We're in the middle of our annual fundraising campaign (https://torproject.org/donate/donate-phr-tn2) with the theme Privacy is a Human Right. The best way to demonstrate what you're making possible with your donation is to share the stories of people who use our tools and how Tor makes it possible for these people to exercise their human right to privacy. We went through the many excellent anonymous submissions to our Tor Stories survey and picked out some stories that demonstrate clearly what Tor makes possible for millions of every day.
What do you make possible with your donation to Tor?
Privacy.
- "I use Tor as [my] everyday browser. Especially when I research doctors and other very personal stuff, it feels better, 'cause hopefully there won't be data for sale, telling the world about my assumed medical condition."
Censorship circumvention.
- "I'm Chinese. In China, Google and Wikipedia are blocked. I can't stand [it]. Sometimes I use Tor to [get] across the GFW... Tor has provided me with a lot of help."
And more. Read more stories about using Tor for safety, dissent, and freedom from real Tor users on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/.
Celebrating the first Global Encryption Day
https://blog.torproject.org/first-global-encryption-day
This month we celebrated the very first Global Encryption Day, organized by the Global Encryption Coalition, where we are a member. Global Encryption Day is an opportunity for businesses, civil society organizations, technologists, and millions of Internet users worldwide to show our communities why encryption matters. It's also a day for all of us to pledge to Make the Switch to encrypted services (like Tor!) and prioritize our privacy and security online.
On our blog, learn more about Global Encryption Day and the Global Encryption Day Statement, which the Tor Project and more than 140 other organizations signed this year: https://blog.torproject.org/first-global-encryption-day.
What's new in Tor Browser 11?
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11-0/
This month we released Tor Browser 11, which brought a new look to Tor Browser. Earlier this year, Firefox's user interface underwent a significant redesign aimed at simplifying the browser chrome, streamlining menus and featuring an all-new tab design. The redesign came to Tor Browser in this release.
To ensure it lives up to the new experience, each piece of custom UI in Tor Browser has been modernized to match Firefox's new look and feel. That includes everything from updating the fundamentals like color, typography and buttons to redrawing each of our icons to match the new thinner icon style.
We also rolled out the the final deprecation of v2 onion services. In Tor Browser 11, v2 onion services are no longer reachable, and users receive an "Invalid Onion Site Address" error instead. Read more about all things Tor Browser 11 on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-11-0/.
ICYMI: State of the Onion 2021
This year, we held our second virtual State of the Onion, a compilation of updates from the Tor Project's different teams discussing highlights of their work during the year and what we are excited about in the upcoming year. Watch the full recording of the State of the Onion event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhIjtXuVzk.
Upcoming Events
New Releases
What We're Reading
We're Hiring
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-a-bridge-campaign/
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://torproject.org/donate/donate-phr-tn1
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Published on 2021-11-01
Every year, the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds and distributes the technology behind the Tor network and Tor Browser holds a fundraiser and we ask for your support. And every year, we unveil new gifts and a slogan that highlight our values and the importance of Tor.
This year, our message is simple: Privacy is a human right. Privacy is about protecting what makes us humans: our day-to-day behavior, our personality, our fears, our relationships, and our vulnerabilities. Everyone deserves privacy.
However, governments, corporations, and other powerful entities block us from exercising our right to privacy in many different ways. And that's why Tor is here—to help you exercise your human right to privacy even when it's not easy.
Stand up for the human right to privacy by supporting Tor. Your donations will be matched, 1:1, by Friends of Tor now through the end of the year: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-phr-tn1.
Communicating and finding help online is crucial to building a solid community. After many years of using emails, mailing lists, blog comments, and IRC to help Tor users, we believe that time has come to improve our discussion channels.
Today, we're happy to announce a new discussion and user support platform: the Tor Forum. The new forum is powered by Discourse: a modern, friendly, and free and open source software.
We invite the Tor community to join the Tor Forum and contribute with us! https://blog.torproject.org/tor-forum-a-new-discussion-platform
This month we celebrated the very first Global Encryption Day, organized by the Global Encryption Coalition, where we are a member. Global Encryption Day is an opportunity for businesses, civil society organizations, technologists, and millions of Internet users worldwide to show our communities why encryption matters. It's also a day for all of us to pledge to Make the Switch to encrypted services (like Tor!) and prioritize our privacy and security online.
On our blog, learn more about Global Encryption Day and the Global Encryption Day Statement, which the Tor Project and more than 140 other organizations signed this year: https://blog.torproject.org/first-global-encryption-day.
For a long time, the Tor community has been running many day-to-day activities using the IRC network known as OFTC. IRC has worked out well for us, and our community on IRC has been evolving over the years with new people joining in and new channels appearing for specific needs in the organization.
Now, we are happy to announce an expansion of the Tor community's day-to-day conversations by bridging our IRC community the Matrix platform. For regular Tor users, it means that you can chat with us using a friendly App like Element. We are looking forward to seeing new community members in our new Matrix bridged community!
Learn more about Tor + Matrix on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/entering-the-matrix.
Upcoming Events
New Releases
Arti 0.0.1
https://forum.torproject.net/t/arti-0-0-1-is-released-an-embeddable-tor-client-in-rust/
(Oct. 29) An embeddable Tor client in Rust. Our main goal for the 0.0.1 release has been to have no critical missing security features. There are probably still a lot of bugs, though, so you shouldn't use this in production yet.
Tor Browser 10.5.10
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10510
(Oct. 25) This version launches the Privacy is a Human Right fundraiser.
Release 0.3.5.17, 0.4.5.11, 0.4.6.8 and 0.4.7.2-alpha
https://forum.torproject.net/t/release-0-3-5-17-0-4-5-11-0-4-6-8-and-0-4-7-2-alpha/148
(Oct. 25) This Tor stable release completely removes v2 onion services. Onion operators must upgrade to v3. Alpha release: testing Congestion Control proposal and MiddleOnly Relay Flag.
Tor Browser 11.0a9 (Windows/macOS/Linux)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a9
(Oct. 16) This version updates Firefox to version 91.2.0esr on Windows, macOS, and Linux. This version includes important security updates to Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Tor Browser 11.0a8 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a8
(Oct. 11) This version is a bugfix for Android.
Tor Browser 10.5.9 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1059
(Oct. 10) This version is a bugfix for Android.
Tor Browser 10.5.8
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1058
(Oct. 6) This version updates Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux to 78.15.0esr. This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
What We're Reading
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://torproject.org/donate/donate-phr-tn1
Published on 2021-10-01
Tor Browser 11 will end support for v2 onion services
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
As we announced last year, when Tor Browser 11 stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable via Tor Browser.
If you are a Tor Browser user, you do not need to take any action, download any new software, or otherwise make changes to how you use Tor Browser. Once you upgrade to Tor Browser 11 stable, when you attempt to visit an onion site with a v2 onion address, you will see an error message. It is the responsibility of onion site administrators to upgrade their sites to the correct version of onion services.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
On the state of v3 onion services usage
https://blog.torproject.org/v3-onion-services-usage
Guest post by Tobias Höller
With the deprecation of v2 onion services right around the corner, it is a good time to talk about v3 onion services and their current adoption. Thanks to the privacy improvements of v3 onion services, they leak much less sensitive information when compared to v2 onion services. However, these changes do not completely stop the hidden service directory from revealing interesting metadata about their usage so far.
The results On the state of V3 onion services (by T. Hoeller, M. Roland, R. Mayrhofer) give a first good estimate on the total number of v3 onion services, and show that the number of deployed v3 onion services has been on the rise throughout 2021. So if you still operate only a v2 onion service, now would be a great time to get on board and upgrade to v3.
Read more the state of v3 onion services on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v3-onion-services-usage.
PrivChat #5: Protection against Pegasus
https://torproject.org/privchat
Every year, governments, law enforcement agencies, militaries, and corporations invest billions of dollars into building and buying malicious spyware--software designed to silently infiltrate a user's device and allow attackers to view the contents without detection.
This year, the Pegasus Project revealed that users of this kind of spyware, known as Pegasus and built by the NSO group, had targeted the phones that belong to thousands of people in more than 50 countries, including business executives, politicians, journalists, and human rights activists.
In the latest edition of PrivChat, Likhita and Etienne Maynier of Amnesty International and John Scott-Railton of Citizen Lab to discuss these issues with Roger Dingledine of the Tor Project.
Watch the recording of PrivChat 5: Protection against Pegasus on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ovmcZtaacY.
Upcoming Events
New Releases
What We're Reading
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
Published on 2021-09-02
Onion service admins must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
If you are an onion site administrator, you must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible.
As we announced last year, v2 onion services will be deprecated and obsolete in Tor 0.4.6.x. As of April 2021, Tor Browser Alpha uses this version of Tor and v2 addresses no longer work in this and future versions of Tor Browser Alpha.
When Tor Browser stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable.
Why are we deprecating v2 onion services? Safety. Technologies used in v2 onion services are vulnerable to different kinds of attacks, and v2 onion services are no longer being developed or maintained. The new version of onion services provides improved encryption and enhanced privacy for administrators and users.
It's critical that onion service administrators migrate to v3 onion services and work to inform users about this change as soon as possible.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
This Week: Documentation Hackathon, August 30 - September 3
https://blog.torproject.org/docshackathon-2021
Between August 30 and September 3, the Tor Project will host the third edition of our user documentation hackathon, the DocsHackathon.
If you've never volunteered with us before, this is a great opportunity for you to become involved in the community, get closer to our work, and make meaningful contributions. The DocsHackathon is a totally remote and online event.
Find out how to join the event on our blog! https://blog.torproject.org/docshackathon-2021
Join Monthly Tor Localization Hangouts
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/l10n/-/wikis/Monthly-Tor-Localization-Hangouts
Every third Friday of the month, the Tor Localization team meets for our Monthly Localization Hangout. We use this time to translate together, share tricks, have fun while translating, meet fellow translators, and find out about the l10n priorities for the Tor Project.
NEXT HANGOUT: September 17, 2021 @ 12:00 UTC (see other timezones: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=L10n+Hangout+Friday&iso=20210820T12&p1=141&ah=8)
If you are not a translator yet, you still have time to become one! https://community.torproject.org/localization/becoming-tor-translator/
Find out more about Localization Hangouts and how to join us: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/community/l10n/-/wikis/Monthly-Tor-Localization-Hangouts
Get Involved with Arti Development
https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-arti
Over the past year or so, we've been working on "Arti", a project to rewrite Tor in Rust (https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-arti). Thanks to funding from Zcash Open Major Grants (ZOMG), we can finally put the Arti project up in our priorities list!
We meet every two weeks to discuss development progress, and all meetings are open to the public, plus recordings are uploaded to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwyU2dZ3LJErozq7cTtImuWkSn_34pEpq.
If you're interested in contributing to Arti, get started here: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md.
ISO: Tor Bridge Operators
Bridge relays are Tor relays that are not listed in the public Tor directory. Bridges are useful for Tor users under oppressive regimes that have blocked access to the regular Tor network, because they help those users circumvent that censorship.
We need your help to run more bridges! Bridges are relatively easy and low bandwidth to operate, but they have a big impact on people impacted by internet censorship. By running a Tor bridge, you help people bypass censorship to browse freely and privately.
Learn how to set up a bridge today with our easy step-by-step guide: https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/bridge/.
New Releases
Tor Browser 11.0a5
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a5
(August 24) This version updates Tor to 0.4.6.7 that includes a fix for a security issue. On Android, this version updates Firefox to 91.2.0.
Tor Browser 10.5.5
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1055
(August 20) This version updates Tor to 0.4.5.10 that includes a fix for a security issue. On Android, this version updates Firefox to 91.2.0 and includes important security updates.
Tor Browser 11.0a4
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a4
(August 16) This version updates Firefox to version 78.13.0esr on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and Firefox to version 91.1.0 on Android. This version includes important security updates to Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and Android.
Tor 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10 and 0.4.6.7
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2062
(August 16) Tor 0.4.6.7 fixes several bugs from earlier versions of Tor, including one that could lead to a denial-of-service attack. Everyone running an earlier version, whether as a client, a relay, or an onion service, should upgrade to Tor 0.3.5.16, 0.4.5.10, or 0.4.6.7. Full changelog.
Tor Browser 10.5.4 (Windows, macOS, Linux)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1054
(August 10) This version updates Firefox to 78.13.0esr. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. Full changelog.
Tor Browser 11.0a3 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a3
(August 5) This version updates Fenix to 91.0.0-beta.5.
What We're Reading
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
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Published on 2021-07-29
Onion service admins must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
If you are an onion site administrator, you must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible.
As we announced last year, v2 onion services will be deprecated and obsolete in Tor 0.4.6.x. As of April 2021, Tor Browser Alpha uses this version of Tor and v2 addresses no longer work in this and future versions of Tor Browser Alpha.
When Tor Browser stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable.
Why are we deprecating v2 onion services? Safety. Technologies used in v2 onion services are vulnerable to different kinds of attacks, and v2 onion services are no longer being developed or maintained. The new version of onion services provides improved encryption and enhanced privacy for administrators and users.
It's critical that onion service administrators migrate to v3 onion services and work to inform users about this change as soon as possible.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
Help Tor Smash Bugs: August 1-31!
https://blog.torproject.org/tors-bug-smash-fund-2021
The Bug Smash Fund is back for its third year!
In 2019, we launched Tor’s Bug Smash Fund to raise money that would support our developers finding and fixing bugs in our software and to conduct routine maintenance. Maintenance isn’t a flashy new feature, and that makes it less interesting to many traditional funders, but it’s what keeps the reliable stuff working--and with your support, we’ve closed 370 Bug Smash Fund tickets.
For more on how you can contribute to the Bug Smash Fund, visit our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/tors-bug-smash-fund-2021
New Release: Tor Browser 10.5
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105
Tor Browser 10.5 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
This new Tor Browser release is focused on improving the internet access of users connecting through Tor in censored contexts.
What's New?
- V2 Onion Services Deprecation
- Snowflake is now available as a bridge
- Improving the user experience of connecting to Tor
Read more here: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105
Announcing Arti, a pure-Rust Tor implementation
https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-arti
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.
Read more about why we're doing this project, what it means for Tor users and operators, where it's going in the future, and how people can help: https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-arti
Transparency, Openness, and Our 2020 Financials
https://blog.torproject.org/transparency-openness-and-our-2019-and-2020-financials
Every year, the Tor Project completes a Form 990 and independent audit of our financial statements. After completing standard audits for 2019-2020, our federal tax filings and audit are both available. We upload all of our tax documents and publish a blog post about these documents in order to be transparent.
Read full 2020 financial report at our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/transparency-openness-and-our-2019-and-2020-financials
Upcoming Events with Tor
II Seminário Criptografia, Política e Direitos Fundamentais | August 5, 2021
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2058
Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI) workshop | August 27, 2021
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2024
New Releases
Tor Browser 11.0a2
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a2
(July 20) This version updates Firefox to version 78.12.0esr on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and Firefox to version 90.1.1 on Android. This version includes important security updates to Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and Android.
Tor Browser 10.5.3 (Android)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1053
(July 20) This version updates Firefox to 90.1.1. This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
Tor Browser 10.5.2 (Windows, macOS, Linux)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1052
(July 13) This version updates Firefox to 78.12.0esr. This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
Tails 4.20
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-420
(July 13) What's new: After connecting to a local network, a Tor Connection assistant helps you connect to the Tor network. This new assistant is most useful for users who are at high risk of physical surveillance, under heavy network censorship, or on a poor Internet connection.
Tor Browser 11.0a1 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a1
(July 12) This is an alpha release, an experimental version for users who want to help us test new features.
Tor Browser 10.5.1 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1051
(July 7) This version is a bugfix for Android Tor Browser 10.5.
What We're Reading
We're hiring
One Software Developer for Anti-Censorship Team.
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/software-developer-anticensorship-2/
Two Software Developers, Rust.
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/rust-dev/
Two Software Engineers for Application Team (Browser, Android App)
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/software-engineer-applications-team/
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
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Published on 2021-07-01
Onion service admins must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
If you are an onion site administrator, you must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible.
As we announced last year, v2 onion services will be deprecated and obsolete in Tor 0.4.6.x. As of April 2021, Tor Browser Alpha uses this version of Tor and v2 addresses no longer work in this and future versions of Tor Browser Alpha.
When Tor Browser stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable.
Why are we deprecating v2 onion services? Safety. Technologies used in v2 onion services are vulnerable to different kinds of attacks, and v2 onion services are no longer being developed or maintained. The new version of onion services provides improved encryption and enhanced privacy for administrators and users.
It's critical that onion service administrators migrate to v3 onion services and work to inform users about this change as soon as possible.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
Snowflake moving to stable in Tor Browser 10.5
https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-in-tor-browser-stable
We're excited to announce that Snowflake (https://snowflake.torproject.org) will be shipped as one of the default bridge options with stable versions of Tor Browser later this month.
What is Snowflake? Snowflake is a pluggable transport that uses a combination of domain fronting and peer-to-peer WebRTC connections between clients and volunteers to circumvent Internet censorship. Snowflake is highly censorship resistant, and used only for the initial bootstrapping of the connection. As such, it requires much lower bandwidth and shorter connections than existing domain fronting pluggable transports like meek (https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-transports/meek.git/), making it a more scalable alternative.
For more about Snowflake, its design, and how it works for users, visit our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-in-tor-browser-stable
Improving the user experience of connecting to Tor in Tor Browser 10.5
https://blog.torproject.org/improving-ux-connecting-to-tor-105
Say goodbye to Tor Launcher.
During the past few years, the UX team has been working on qualitatively improving the entire Tor Browser user journey: from discovering to finding, downloading, installing, starting, and browsing; we released a seamless and familiar experience for our largest user base.
Users have specifically reported that they find Tor Launcher confusing. Research exposed these pain points and has demonstrated how confusion caused by cognitive overload delays the user’s decision-making flow. Known issues with Tor Launcher, like the time gap between Tor Launcher and the main browser window opening after first-time installation, has left some users disappointed.
Learn more about what's coming to next in Tor Browser, including improving the user experience of launching Tor on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/improving-ux-connecting-to-tor-105
Upcoming Events with Tor
Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) | July 12 - 16, 2021
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2022
Free and Open Communications on the Internet (FOCI) workshop | August 27, 2021
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2024
New Releases
Tor Browser 10.5a17
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a17
(June 28) This version updates Tor to 0.4.6.5. This version is the last planned version before Tor Browser 10.5 is considered stable.
Tor 0.4.6.6
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2046
(June 30) Tor 0.4.6.6 makes several small fixes on 0.4.6.5, including one that allows Tor to build correctly on older versions of GCC. You should upgrade to this version if you were having trouble building Tor 0.4.6.5; otherwise, there is probably no need.
Tor Browser 10.0.18
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10018
(June 21) This version updates Tor to 0.4.5.9, including important security fixes. In addition, on Android, this version updates Firefox to 89.1.1, and NoScript to 11.2.8.
Tor 0.3.5.15, 0.4.4.9, 0.4.5.9, 0.4.6.5
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2041
(June 14) After months of work, we have a new stable release series! Because this release includes security fixes, we are also releasing updates for our other supported releases.
Tor Browser 10.5a16
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a16
(June 11) This version updates Firefox to 78.11esr and Fenix to 89.0. In addition, Tor Browser 10.5a16 updates Tor to 0.4.6.4-rc. This version includes important security updates to Firefox for Desktop and security updates for Android.
Tor Browser 10.0.17
blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10017
(June 2) This version updates Firefox to 78.11esr. In addition, Tor Browser 10.0.17 updates NoScript to 11.2.8, HTTPS Everywhere to 2021.4.15, and Tor to 0.4.5.8. This version includes important security updates to Firefox for Desktop.
What We're Reading
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
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Published on 2021-05-31
Starting July 15, Tor will no longer support v2 onion services
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
If you are an onion site administrator, you must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible.
As we announced last year, v2 onion services will be deprecated and obsolete in Tor 0.4.6.x. As of April 2021, Tor Browser Alpha uses this version of Tor and v2 addresses no longer work in this and future versions of Tor Browser Alpha.
When Tor Browser stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable.
Why are we deprecating v2 onion services? Safety. Technologies used in v2 onion services are vulnerable to different kinds of attacks, and v2 onion services are no longer being developed or maintained. The new version of onion services provides improved encryption and enhanced privacy for administrators and users.
It's critical that onion service administrators migrate to v3 onion services and work to inform users about this change as soon as possible.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
Announcing new Board members
https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-board-alissa-desigan-kendra
We are excited to announce that three new members are joining the Tor Project’s Board of Directors: Alissa Cooper, Desigan (Dees) Chinniah, and Kendra Albert! Each new member comes to Tor with a different set of expertise that will help the organization and our community.
Alissa Cooper is a Chief Technology Officer and Fellow at Cisco Systems and served in a variety of leadership roles in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). We are excited that Alissa is joining the Board, her expertise will help Tor continue to mature as an organization.
Desigan Chinniah is a long time supporter of Tor. He is a creative technologist with a strong background in the Free Software movement as well as in the industry with his experience as an investor and on product. We are looking forward to his contribution to the Board and to Tor.
Kendra Albert is a public interest technology lawyer with a special interest in computer security and in protecting marginalized speakers and users. They serve as a clinical instructor at the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard Law School, where they teach students to practice law by working with pro bono clients. We are also honored to have Kendra with us and their legal expertise will be a big bonus to Tor.
Please join us in welcoming Alissa, Dees, and Kendra to the Board! Read more about them on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-board-alissa-desigan-kendra
PrivChat #4 | 25th Anniversary of Onion Routing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wbivkG8TcU
Celebrate 25 years of onion routing with Tor!
May 31, 2021 marks the 25th anniversary of the first public presentation of onion routing in Cambridge, UK at Isaac Newton Institute's first Information Hiding Workshop.
In the latest edition of PrivChat, we celebrated this special moment by talking about beginnings of onion routing, and how this idea became Tor, and how the Tor Project eventually came to be with Paul Syverson, one of the authors of the first onion routing paper, the Tor Project co-founders Roger Dingledine and Nick Mathewson, and Tor Board member Gabriella Coleman.
Watch the celebratory edition of PrivChat to commemorate the 25th anniversary of onion routing on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/-wbivkG8TcU
Dreaming at Dusk: the Tor Project’s NFT Auction & What's Next
https://blog.torproject.org/nft-auction-and-whats-next
In mid-May, the Tor Project held a nonfungible token (NFT, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token) auction of a generative art piece we called Dreaming at Dusk (https://foundation.app/torproject/dreaming-at-dusk-35855), created by artist Itzel Yard (ixshells, https://foundation.app/ixshells) and derived from the private key of the first onion service, Dusk.
This action was held on Foundation (https://foundation.app/) and resulted in a final bid of 500 Ethereum (ETH), roughly $2M USD at the time of the auction, with the proceeds going towards the Tor Project and our work to improve and promote Tor.
Raising roughly $2M USD in one day breaks all records of individual giving we could possibly imagine, and we are extremely humbled and grateful for the success of this auction and what this means for the Tor Project nonprofit organization. Learn more about why we held this auction, the artist ixshells, and what happens next with the money raised on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/nft-auction-and-whats-next
Check the status of Tor services with status.torproject.org
https://blog.torproject.org/check-status-of-tor-services
The Tor Project now has a status page which shows the state of our major services: https://status.torproject.org
You can check status.torproject for news about major outages in Tor services, including v3 and v2 onion services, directory authorities, our website (torproject.org), and the check.torproject.org tool. The status page also displays outages related to Tor internal services, like our GitLab instance.
Read more on our blog about why we launched status.torproject.org, how the service was built, and how it works: https://blog.torproject.org/check-status-of-tor-services
Upcoming Events with Tor
New Releases
Tor 0.4.5.8
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2031
(May 10) Tor 0.4.5.8 fixes several bugs in earlier version, backporting fixes from the 0.4.6.x series. Full changelog.
Tor 0.4.6.3-rc
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2030
(May 10) Tor 0.4.6.3-rc is the first release candidate in its series. It fixes a few small bugs from previous versions, and adds a better error message when trying to use (no longer supported) v2 onion services. Full changelog.
What We're Reading
"GCHQ’s mass data interception violated right to privacy, court rules," The Guardian. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/25/gchqs-mass-data-sharing-violated-right-to-privacy-court-rules)
"Americans Actually Want Privacy. Shocking.," The New York Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opinion/apple-facebook-ios-privacy.html)
"Tor Sells NFT of First .onion URL For $2 Million in ETH to PleasrDAO," Decrypt. (https://decrypt.co/71017/tor-sells-nft-of-first-onion-url-for-2-million-in-eth-to-pleasrdao)
"Schools Use Software That Blocks LGBTQ+ Content, But Not White Supremacists," VICE. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7em39/schools-use-software-that-blocks-lgbtq-content-but-not-white-supremacists)
"Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China," The New York Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html)
"Facebook Allows Drug Ads to Target Teens, Activists Say," WIRED. (https://www.wired.com/story/activists-facebook-allows-drug-ads-target-teens/)
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
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Published on 2021-04-30
Starting July 15, Tor will no longer support v2 onion services
https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
If you are an onion site administrator, you must upgrade to v3 onion services as soon as possible.
As we announced last year, v2 onion services will be deprecated and obsolete in Tor 0.4.6.x. As of April 2021, Tor Browser Alpha uses this version of Tor and v2 addresses no longer work in this and future versions of Tor Browser Alpha.
When Tor Browser stable moves to Tor 0.4.6.x in October 2021, v2 onion addresses will be completely unreachable.
Why are we deprecating v2 onion services? Safety. Technologies used in v2 onion services are vulnerable to different kinds of attacks, and v2 onion services are no longer being developed or maintained. The new version of onion services provides improved encryption and enhanced privacy for administrators and users.
It's critical that onion service administrators migrate to v3 onion services and work to inform users about this change as soon as possible.
Read more about the deprecation on our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline
Defend Dissent with Tor
https://blog.torproject.org/book-defend-dissent-with-tor
This week, we're highlighting a guest blog post by Glencora Borradaile.
After 4 years of giving digital security trainings to activists and teaching a course called "Communications Security and Social Movements", I've compiled all my materials into an open, digital book - Defend Dissent: Digital Suppression and Cryptographic Defense of Social Movements (https://open.oregonstate.education/defenddissent/) hosted by Oregon State University where I am an Associate Professor. The book is intended for an introductory, non-major college audience, and I hope it will find use outside the university setting.
It should be no surprise that Tor is a star of Defend Dissent. The anonymity that the Tor technology enables turns the internet into what it should be: a place to communicate without everyone knowing your business. As a professor, I love teaching Tor. It is a delightful combination of encryption, key exchange, probability and threat modeling. Find out more about Defend Dissent on our blog.
Domain Shadowing: Leveraging CDNs for Robust Blocking-Resistant Communications
https://blog.torproject.org/anti-censorship-domain-shadowing
What is Domain Shadowing?
Domain shadowing is a new censorship circumvention technique that uses Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) as its leverage to achieve its goal, which is similar to domain fronting. However, domain shadowing works completely differently from domain fronting and is stronger in terms of blocking-resistance.
Compared to domain fronting, one big difference among many is that the user in domain shadowing is in charge of the whole procedure. In other words, the complete system can be solely configured by the user without necessary assistance from neither the censored website nor an anti-censorship organization.
Find out more about Domain Shadowing on our blog, in a guest post from Mingkui Wei.
New Releases
Tor Browser 10.5a15
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a15
(April 26) This version updates Firefox to 78.10esr and Fenix to 88.1.1. In addition, Tor Browser 10.5a15 updates Tor to 0.4.6.2-alpha. This version includes important security updates to Firefox for Desktop and security updates for Android.
Tor Browser 10.0.16
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10016
(April 20) This version updates Firefox to 78.10esr. In addition, Tor Browser 10.0.16 updates NoScript to 11.2.4, and adds localization in Burmese. This version includes important security updates to Firefox for Desktop.
Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2018
(April 15) Tor 0.4.6.2-alpha is the second alpha in its series. It fixes several small bugs in previous releases, and solves other issues that had enabled denial-of-service attacks and affected integration with other tools.
Tor Browser 10.5a14
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a14
(April 13) This release updates NoScript to 11.2.4 and updates the Snowflake pluggable transport. This release is the first version that is localized in Burmese, as well.
Tor Browser 10.5a13
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a13
(April 5) This release updates Firefox to 78.9.0esr for desktop and Firefox for Android to 87.0.0. Additionally, we update Tor to 0.4.6.1-alpha and OpenSSL to 1.1.1k and NoScript to 11.2.3. This release includes important security updates to Firefox for Desktop, and similar important security updates to Firefox for Android.
What We're Reading
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org
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Published on 2021-03-31
Get a TLS certificate for your onion site
https://blog.torproject.org/tls-certificate-for-onion-site
We are happy to share the news of another important milestone for .onion services! You can now get DV certificates for your v3 onion site using HARICA (https://www.harica.gr/Contact/GetHarica), a Root CA Operator founded by Academic Network (GUnet) (https://www.gunet.gr/en/), a civil society nonprofit from Greece.
Previously, .onion site administrators who needed a TLS certificate had to either hack other solutions or spend a significant amount of money purchasing an EV certificate. Now with HARICA, acquiring a certificate has become more accessible, but we know that free certificates are ideal and are looking forward to that moment.
We are happy to see people acquiring certificates for their onions (https://www.reddit.com/r/onions/comments/lwaccm/harica_ca_now_supports_issuance_of_dv_onion/). Remember to do it for a v3 onion address since v2 will be deprecated very soon (https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline)! Read more about getting your own certificate for your onion on your blog (https://blog.torproject.org/tls-certificate-for-onion-site).
Sign now: European initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance
https://blog.torproject.org/sign-to-reclaim-your-face
The “Reclaim Your Face” coalition (https://reclaimyourface.eu) has launched a European Citizens’ Initiative for a ban on biometric mass surveillance. European Digital Rights (EDRi) and more than fifty organizations are calling to sign the petition. One million signatures must be collected in at least seven EU countries within one year. Read more and sign the petition. (https://blog.torproject.org/sign-to-reclaim-your-face)
Onionize your Workflow with the Onion Guide Fanzine
https://blog.torproject.org/onionize-your-workflow
One way we help human rights defenders and organizations take back their right to privacy online is by helping them to use and set up onion services.
Last year, thanks to the support of Digital Defenders Partnership (https://www.digitaldefenders.org/), we wrote a series of Onion Guides intended to make it easier for our partners to correctly and safely set up their own onion services. To create these Onion Guides, we collected and improved existing disparate information about the benefits of onion services and how to set them up for a website.
You can learn more about the new Onion Guides on our blog (https://blog.torproject.org/onionize-your-workflow) and find the Onion Guide in our community portal (https://community.torproject.org/onion-services/), well as the section on Onion Services in English (https://community.torproject.org/static/images/outreach/print/onion-guide-fanzine-EN.pdf), Spanish (https://community.torproject.org/static/images/outreach/print/onion-guide-fanzine-ES.pdf) and Portuguese (https://community.torproject.org/static/images/outreach/print/onion-guide-fanzine-PT_BR.pdf). Feel free to use it to set up your own .onion site, and let us know how it works for you!
How to contribute to the Tor metrics timeline
https://blog.torproject.org/contribute-to-tor-metrics-timeline
The metrics timeline (https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/metrics/timeline) is a database of news and events that may affect Tor Metrics (https://metrics.torproject.org/) graphs. This post is about how you can contribute to the timeline and help keep it up to date.
A timeline of events helps in interpreting graphs. For example, you may look at a graph and ask, "Why did the number of Tor users in Sri Lanka increase for a week in 2018?"
Checking the timeline, we find that at that time in Sri Lanka there was a block of Facebook and other services. A likely explanation for the increase of users is that people were using Tor to access the blocked services.
The metrics timeline is useful but incomplete—for example, it tends to only include events that make international news. Some past events have a start date but are missing an end date. And some events mark unusual graph features, but do not have an explanation. You can help the Tor Project and people trying to understand use of the Tor network by contributing your knowledge to the metrics timeline. Read more about contributing to the Tor metrics timeline (https://blog.torproject.org/contribute-to-tor-metrics-timeline).
New Releases
Tor Browser 10.0.14
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10014
(March 24) This version updates Desktop Firefox to 78.9.0esr. In addition, Tor Browser 10.0.14 updates NoScript to 11.2.3, and Tor to 0.4.5.7.
Tor Browser 10.5a12 (Android Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-105a12
(March 21) This release updates Fenix to 87.0.0-beta.2. Additionally, we update NoScript to 11.2.3 and Tor to 0.4.6.1-alpha.
Tor 0.4.6.1-alpha
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2011
(March 18) Tor 0.4.6.1-alpha is the first alpha release in the 0.4.6.x series. It improves client circuit performance, adds missing features, and improves some of our DoS handling and statistics reporting. It also includes numerous smaller bugfixes.
Tor 0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, and 0.4.5.7
https://blog.torproject.org/node/2009
(March 16) These releases fix a pair of denial-of-service issues. We recommend that everybody upgrade to one of the releases that fixes these issues (0.3.5.14, 0.4.4.8, or 0.4.5.7) as they become available to you.
Tor Browser 10.0.13 (Linux Only)
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10013
(March 3) This version fixes instability on some Linux distributions.
What We're Reading
"Amazon Delivery Drivers Forced to Sign ‘Biometric Consent’ Form or Lose Job," VICE. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n3j/amazon-delivery-drivers-forced-to-sign-biometric-consent-form-or-lose-job)
"#KeepItOn: Internet shutdowns only cause harm," Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. (https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/blog/keepiton-internet-shutdowns-only-cause-harm/)
"TikTok vs Douyin A Security and Privacy Analysis," Citizen Lab. (https://citizenlab.ca/2021/03/tiktok-vs-douyin-security-privacy-analysis/)
"How to get affordable DV certificates for onion sites," Help Net Security. (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/26/how-to-get-affordable-dv-certificates-for-onion-sites/)
"T-Mobile to Share Customers' Web Browsing Data With Advertisers Unless They Opt Out," PCMag. (https://uk.pcmag.com/networking/132169/t-mobile-to-share-customers-web-browsing-data-with-advertisers-unless-they-opt-out)
"California bans ‘dark patterns’ that trick users into giving away their personal data," The Verge. (https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22333506/california-bans-dark-patterns-opt-out-selling-data)
Join Our Community
Getting involved with Tor is easy. Run a relay to make the network faster and more decentralized: https://community.torproject.org/relay/
Run a bridge to help censored users access Tor: https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet
Learn about more opportunities to start collaborating: https://community.torproject.org/
Donate to help keep Tor fast, strong, and secure. https://donate.torproject.org