Notices by The Tor Project (torproject@mastodon.social), page 6

❄️ Snowflake facts ❄️

🌐 Snowflake allows users to bypass censorship by making internet activity appear as a regular video or voice call.
🌍 Iran, Russia, and China are the countries with the most Snowflake users.
📈 While the number of users has decreased since the beginning of the year, bandwidth is up by more than 50%.

📊 For more findings, check out the bridge metrics 2023 year in review:
https://forum.torproject.org/t/snowflake-bridge-metrics-2023-year-in-review/11149

Support #DDoSecrets with a donation by end of January if you can. Most recently, their data has contributed to our research and helped us understand more about censorship and oppression tactics used around the world.
https://donorbox.org/ddosecrets-five-years-later

As the demand for strong online privacy protections keeps mounting,
@protonmail 's donations advance our shared vision for a better internet by helping to keep the Tor Project’s ecosystem of applications and services free and safe for our millions of users. Thank you!
https://proton.me/blog/2023-lifetime-fundraiser-results

🎉 Celebrating another year of advancing online privacy. From launching Mullvad Browser to Tor Browser's enhanced accessibility to new anti-censorship tools, thanks to our incredible community for making the internet more secure and private. #YearInReview

https://blog.torproject.org/2023-year-in-review/

If you weren't able to watch it live,
Roger's lecture on Tor censorship attempts in Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan at #C37C3 is now available to stream online: https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12040-tor_censorship_attempts_in_russia_iran_turkmenistan#t=59

We're less than 1 hour away from our in-person relay operator meetup at #c37c3. https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/hub/de/event/tor-relay-operators-meetup/

🗓️ We don't have an agenda, but please bring up questions or topics at the meeting.

Make sure to check out Roger Dingledine's Lecture on Tor censorship attempts in Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan at #C37C3 tonight at 23:00 in Hamburg. https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/12040.html
Learn more about how recent censorship events have spurred innovation & changes in Tor's censorship response.

We'll also use this opportunity to host our an in-person relay operator meetup at CCC: Dec 29 at 20:30 local time. More info here: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2023/hub/de/event/tor-relay-operators-meetup/
#37c3

If you're at the 37th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg, don't miss Roger Dingledine's lecture about Tor censorship attempts in Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan on day 2 of the event: December 28th at 23:00 local time. https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/12040.html
#37c3

We offer an example of how technology can be made differently...with privacy at the heart...to help users reclaim their agency in digital spaces. We want to be a point of reference regarding privacy-preserving technology developing in a changing world. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-in-2023/

Excited to be selected as one of the beneficiaries for
@protonmail 's Fundraiser. Join the raffle for a chance to win a Proton Lifetime account and support us and other likeminded organizations who fight for freedom and democracy.
↗️ How to participate: https://proton.me/blog/2023-lifetime-account-charity-fundraiser

Together, we have successfully reached the Friends of Tor match! In total, that means you helped raise $150,000 to go towards building and maintaining Tor. Thank you, Tor community and Friends of Tor. 💜

Tor Exit operators: the Network Team has released a new Tor version, 0.4.8.10. This update contains a fix to a remotely triggerable crash bug (TROVE-2023-007) affecting exit relays on the 0.4.8.x series. ☝️ Please upgrade ASAP!
https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-exit-operators-on-the-0-4-8-x-series-please-upgrade-to-0-4-8-10-asap/10537

Today is Day 2 of our annual State of the Onion Tune in at 17:00 UTC to hear how Amnesty Tech, the Guardian Project (@guardianproject) @ooni, EFF (@eff), CalyxOS and many more have made an impact using Tor in 2023.
On 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtgTwho1wfQ
Or as an 🧅 on Tor Browser: http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/

We encourage news organizations to make news sites available on the Tor Network as well to protect readers.

Thanks to the Guardian and others who have already done so. https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2022/may/30/guardian-launches-tor-onion-service

We couldn't be happier that one of the most recognized human rights organizations has adopted an onion service to provide greater online protections for those seeking information, support, and advocacy. Amnesty's choice to offer an onion version of their website underlines the role of this open source privacy technology as a vital tool in our shared work of advancing human rights.
🧅 amnestyl337aduwuvpf57irfl54ggtnuera45ygcxzuftwxjvvmpuzqd.onion

ℹ️https://blog.torproject.org/amnesty-international-launches-onion-service/

Don't miss this week's Community Day for our annual State of the Onion, and learn how others are using Tor powered applications to make an impact in people's lives. Join us this Wednesday, Dec 6th at 17:00 UTC
📺https://youtube.com/live/TtgTwho1wfQ?feature=share

📱@guardianproject goes "Beyond Browsing: An Ecosystem of Tor on Mobile"

✊ And Quiet, the messaging app, is "Making Quiet useful to activism"

After the event is before the event, join us for 2 Day of our State of the Onion next Wednesday, Dec 6th and hear from our Community @eff @guardianproject @tails_live, OpenObservatory, Quiet and many more.

Our annual State of the Onion starts in less than 24 hours, be sure to join our livestream on Nov 29th, 1700 UTC
🧅 Watch as an onion service on Tor Browser: http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/

📺 Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFL0kXu440

Donate today and your gift will be matched by Friends of Tor. Thank you to Jon Callas (@joncallas), Tamzen Cannoy, Matt Blaze (@mattblaze), Wendy Seltzer (@wseltzer) + anonymous contributors for making this possible! https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-fot-2023 [3/3]