Favorite Tor Browser 16.0a6 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 Tor Browser 15.0.12 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 Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We’re happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.3.0. This release bumps the minimum MacOS version supported by Arti to 10.14, up from 10.12. Despite being supported on a technical level, we do not recommend the use of MacOS versions that…
Favorite Update: the OSI has published a page dedicated to maintainers. May is Maintainer Month once again, a time for the Open Source community to recognize, support, and celebrate the maintainers who keep critical digital infrastructure running. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is proud to join GitHub and a global community of contributors in honoring…
Favorite After organizing a successful first community gathering last year in Denmark, we were eager to find out: Could we get another productive, community-organized meeting off the ground taking into account what we’ve learned so far? Preparations We decided to do the next community gathering organized by us at the same location we used last…
Favorite This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.85, which fixes Copy Fail, a vulnerability that could allow an application in Tails to gain administration privileges. For example, if an attacker was able to exploit other unknown security…
Favorite The White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend became the site of the third failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. “I remember the feeling was very similar to when it was clear that the House had been invaded on January 6, 2021,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who was in attendance, tells The Intercept Briefing.…
Favorite The Tor Project is deeply saddened by the last-minute cancellation of RightsCon 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia, and online. The right to assemble, associate, and speak freely must not be conditioned on political approval. Convenings like RightsCon are essential precisely because they create space for difficult, urgent, and necessary conversation about power, technology, rights, and…
Favorite This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.11, which fixes several vulnerabilities in Firefox 140.10.1. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in practice until now. Update Thunderbird to 140.10.0. Stop making it possible to start our ISO…
Favorite Open source software has long been viewed as a tactical decision — something engineering teams adopted to move faster or reduce licensing costs. But the data from the 2026 State of Open Source Report by Perforce OpenLogic (produced in collaboration with OSI and the Eclipse Foundation) suggests that the mindset has changed. This year’s…
