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Historic win for privacy.

Today, the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria declared that bulk interception by the South African National Communications Centre is unlawful and invalid. #surveillance
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3212/bulk-surveillance-unlawful-says-high-court-south-africa
.onion: https://privacyintyqcroe.onion/news-analysis/3212/bulk-surveillance-unlawful-says-high-court-south-africa

Privacy, freedom of expression, and access to information are human rights, yet these rights are denied online around the world.

You can help by running a Tor bridge. #RunTorBridges https://blog.torproject.org/run-tor-bridges-defend-open-internet

What is browser fingerprinting? How is it used? What is Tor Browser doing against it? Find out in this guest post by Pierre Laperdrix

"Any script running in your browser can silently build a fingerprint of your device without you even knowing about it."
https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead

After nearly a year since releasing the alpha version of Tor Browser on Android, it's time to sunset Orfox 🌇

Thanks to the work of our friends at Guardian Project and members of our community who helped pave the way for Tor Browser on Android with Orfox.
https://blog.torproject.org/orfox-paved-way-tor-browser-android

Today is the last day your donation will be earmarked to help us respond rapidly to security issues and smash the bugs ahead 👾💥

Thanks to everyone who gave to the #TorBugSmash this month 💚💜
https://donate.torproject.org

Documentation is critical to the health of #opensource projects, but it is often overlooked. We heard from a number of you who wanted to help with ours, and next week is your chance.

Join our DocsHackathon Monday 2 September to Friday 6 September. We’ll be rewarding the top 3 contributors with prizes at the end of the week.

https://blog.torproject.org/join-tors-docshackathon-next-week

11 days remain to contribute to our Bug Smash Fund
👾💥

You'll help us respond quickly to bugs, improve test coverage, and keep up with Firefox ESRs. These are essential, but sometimes we have to divert developer attention away from grant-funded projects and use unrestricted funds to do them. That's why we need your help. #TorBugSmash
https://blog.torproject.org/tors-bug-smash-fund-help-tor-smash-all-bugs
https://donate.torproject.org

Tails, a live operating system relying on Tor that helps you to use the internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer, turns 10 today.

Happy birthday, Tails 🎂

https://lists.torproject.org/…/tor-…/2009-August/002667.html
https://tails.boum.org #FOSS #opensource #surveillance #internetfreedom #privacy

If you use Firefox or Chrome, we developed an easy way you can help people bypass censorship.

Our Snowflake extension turns your browser into a proxy that connects Tor users in censored regions to the Tor network. https://snowflake.torproject.org/

Come see us in the vendor room at #DEFCON to pick up your onion badge, available by donation. Thanks to see_ess for making these happen. #badgelife

Code & manual: https://github.com/seeess/Defcon-Tor-27/blob/master/README.md

Features: https://youtu.be/Rasb8VQQdyw #DEFCON27

Next Friday at #DEFCON27, Roger Dingledine will get you up to speed on the ways governments have tried to block Tor, walk through our upcoming steps to stay ahead, and give you some new—easier—ways that let you help censored users reach the internet safely. #DEFCON #censorship

We know the bugs are coming. We just don't know when.

Throughout the month of August, every donation to Tor will be earmarked for smashing bugs 👾

This work is critical to keeping Tor strong.

Your donation can help us be prepared for what bugs may come, and in turn, we can better help millions of people around the world stay safe online and keep an entire ecosystem of tools healthy: http://donate.torproject.org

https://blog.torproject.org/tors-bug-smash-fund-help-tor-smash-all-bugs #TorBugSmash

🔔 Time to update: There's a new version of Tor Browser.

Tor Browser 8.5.4 updates Firefox to 60.8.0esr with important security fixes, ships Tor 0.4.0.5, and updates OpenSSL to 1.0.2s for the desktop platforms.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-854

We've launched a giving program for monthly donors who help us make privacy a priority.

If you pledge a modest amount each month, we will send you exclusive gifts to show our appreciation.

Become a Defender of Privacy today: https://donate.torproject.org/monthly-giving

Through Sunday, you can get our black roots t-shirt, usually reserved for contributors, for a donation of $49. We have S-2XL available in both classic and fitted sizes. Write '49' into the other box on the donate page, and we'll reach out to confirm: https://donate.torproject.org

This week only, you can get our black and green roots t-shirt for a donation of $47. This design is usually reserved for Tor contributors but can be yours. Just write '47' into the other box on the donate page, and we'll contact you about sizing. https://donate.torproject.org

Our users rely on bridges if their ISPs or governments block access to the Tor network. The difficulty lies in handing out bridges to censored users but not to censors. We tackle this problem with the tool BridgeDB.

Version 0.7.1 is out now: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-bridgedb-071 #censorship #surveillance

This week you can get our Anonymity Loves Company hoodie + 2 Tor t-shirts for a discounted donation of $201. Just write '201' into the other box on the donate page.

Show your support for the world's strongest tool for privacy and freedom online: https://donate.torproject.org

Show your support for internet freedom and privacy online with this classic Tor t-shirt for a $45 donation through Sunday. Write '45' into the other box on the donate page, and we'll contact you about sizing. https://donate.torproject.org

This week, we have a very uncommon onion roots shirt available to you for a $41 donation. This is a favorite color among Tor contributors.

Just write in '41' into the other box on the donate page, and it's yours. https://donate.torproject.org