Author Archives

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Tor Weekly News — June 11th, 2015
Welcome to the twenty-third issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community. Blocking-resistant communication through domain fronting David Fifield, lead developer of the meek pluggable transport, co-authored a paper entitled… Read More ›
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Tor 0.2.6.9 is released.
Hi! I’ve just put out a new stable Tor release. It is not a high-urgency item for most clients and relays, but directory authorities should upgrade, as should any clients who rely on port-based circuit isolation. Right now, the source… Read More ›
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Tor Browser 5.0a1 is released
The first alpha release in the new 5.0 series of the Tor Browser is now available from our extended downloads page as well as the distribution directory. Tor Browser 5.0a1 is based on Firefox ESR 31.7.0, which features important security… Read More ›
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Stem Release 1.4
Greetings wonderful carbon-based residents of the Internet. I’m pleased to announce the 1.4.0 release of Stem! What is Stem, you ask? For those who aren’t familiar with it Stem is a Python library for interacting with Tor. With it you… Read More ›
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Tor Weekly News — May 14th, 2015
Welcome to the nineteenth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community. Tor 0.2.7.1-alpha is out Nick Mathewson announced the first alpha release in the Tor 0.2.7.x series. The most… Read More ›
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Study: What is the value of anonymous communication?
Drexel University researchers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are recruiting Tor users for an interview study to see how they use Tor while creating things online—how they write blog posts, edit Wikipedia articles, contribute to open source projects on GitHub, post on… Read More ›
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Tor 0.2.6.8 is released
Hi, I’ve just put out a new stable Tor release. It is not a high-urgency item for most clients and relays, but directory authorities should upgrade. Right now, the source is available on the website, and packages should become available… Read More ›
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Tor Weekly News — May 28th, 2015
Welcome to the twenty-first issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community. New faces in the Tor community Since the beginning of the year, the Tor Project, Inc. has made… Read More ›
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Tor is recruiting an Executive Administrator (a talented, organized office person)
The Tor Project is evaluating our needs and resources as we transition to a new era and begin our search for a new Executive Director. We have decided that we need better systems for sharing information and coordinating the incredibly… Read More ›
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Tor Weekly News — May 22nd, 2015
Welcome to the twentieth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the aleatoric Tor community. Tor 0.2.6.8 is out Nick Mathewson announced a new release in the current stable branch of the… Read More ›