Favorite Tor Browser 15.0.18 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. Full changelog The full…
Favorite The U.S. military inquiry into the so-called Havana syndrome, the mysterious illness claimed by a litany of American intelligence officers, is tapping a controversial contractor: a private surveillance firm that once boasted of its ability to stalk American intelligence officers. Documents obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that…
Favorite Twenty-three years ago, I sat down in Metro Diner on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to pick the brain of an illustrious book editor about an ambitious project. It launched me on a life-changing odyssey. Not so long after that meeting, I sent Tom Engelhardt a draft of an article for his new website, a…
Favorite Members Newsletter – July 2026 Dear OSI community, It’s been a busy month. Two weeks ago, I was joined by several staff and board members at UN Open Source Week. It’s remarkable to think about how this event has evolved to become one of the must-attend Open Source events on the calendar. The UN held…
Favorite A noise demonstration that took place outside of the Prairieland Detention Facility in Texas one year ago has resulted in decades of prison time for the anti-ICE activists involved. Federal judges sentenced eight defendants, who the government cast as antifa operatives, to between 30 and 100 years in prison for terrorism-related charges last week;…
Favorite Tor Browser 16.0a8 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. ⚠️ Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to…
Favorite Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.17. Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.11. Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.94, which fixes CVE-2026-43503 (DirtyClone) and CVE-2026-46331 (PACKET_EDIT_MEME), vulnerabilities that could allow an application in Tails to gain administration privileges. For example, if an attacker was able to exploit other unknown security vulnerabilities in an…
Favorite Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We’re happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.5.0. This release marks Counter Galois Onion as a stable feature and includes it in full feature builds. Likewise, Congestion Control is now enabled in default builds of Arti, increasing the overall speed…
Favorite Tor Browser 15.0.17 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Tor. Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. Full changelog The full…
Favorite All three congressional candidates that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamadani endorsed won their primaries on Tuesday. The races were widely viewed as a test of just how much influence the left would have in charting the next chapter for the Democratic Party — and a referendum on Mamdani’s power. “Mamdani is the one…
