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"Tor, a free browser that forwards each request through at least three randomly-selected servers. Tor’s multilayered encryption makes it effective at hiding your location and preventing your traffic from being tracked."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gzgb/incognito-mode-is-actually-pretty-useless

Now available for download, #UseAMaskUseTor wallpapers:

http://onionshare:sycamore-gating@nkfzff3mtf5nj2jynpikv22tbqnac6nro7iwqhg4rnqxqgnty4yizaid.onion

No donation required to download this package, but if you love these wallpapers, consider our suggested donation of $5.

🗓️ Save the date for the (virtual) State of the Onion 2020: Nov. 16 @ 16:00-18:00 UTC.

We'll discuss Tor's accomplishments in 2020, plus hear from @securedrop, Library Freedom Project, Ricochet Refresh, @OpenObservatory, The Guardian Project and @micahflee.

https://blog.torproject.org/state-of-the-onion-2020

Starting today, your donations to Tor will be matched by a group of donors who believe in the importance of resisting the surveillance pandemic, up to $100K. #UseAMaskUseTor

With this match, your impact will be DOUBLED: https://torproject.org/donate/donate-usetor-md-fot

📱 Time to update: Tor Browser 10.0.3 for Android is out now.

We began working on this project in April with the goal of rebuilding the Tor Browser for Android on Mozilla's new Android Firefox Browser, Fenix. We have successfully achieved this goal: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1003

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Happy #InternetDay! Celebrate by taking back your privacy online and using Tor Browser: https://torproject.org/download

Use a mask, use Tor. And now, use your Tor mask! Make a gift of $50 before Dec. 31 and get your very own 😷
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-usetor-md

Zoom is deleting events that criticize Zoom censorship... 🤨
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janelytvynenko/zoom-deleted-events-censorship

Use a mask, use Tor.

Today we’re launching our year-end campaign centered on the ways we can care for ourselves and our community: by masking up and using Tor. Anonymity loves company, after all.

Help resist the surveillance pandemic. #UseAMaskUseTor

https://blog.torproject.org/use-a-mask-use-tor

"Anonymity loves Diversity: The Case of Tor"

Save the date: Nov 1, 16:00 - 17:00 (CET).

Our core contributors, @ahf and Georg (GeKo), will speak about how diversity is an essential ingredient for the Tor during the Foss-North event.

https://blog.torproject.org/foss-north-2020

Students shouldn't have to sacrifice their privacy to get an education online.

https://www.axios.com/childrens-privacy-suffers-as-school-goes-online-321b010a-1319-4028-b456-46a0a47f8920.html

Between November 6 & 9, @torproject and LocalizationLab will host the first edition of the Tor L10n Hackaton. In this localization hackathon, we'll work exclusively on the localization of our latest resource, the Tor Community portal. Join us! #TorL10nHackathon
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-l10n-hackathon

"Persistent location monitoring of schoolchildren risks becoming yet another facet of the school-to-prison pipeline... providing law enforcement with unprecedented tracking capabilities for monitoring children of color."

https://themarkup.org/coronavirus/2020/09/08/school-reopening-surveillance-contact-tracing

Over the last 2 years, onion service usability has become a primary feature of Tor Browser. The security and improved usability of onion services are the reason we can run an onion adoption campaign like #MoreOnionsPorfavor.

Read our latest blog post:
https://blog.torproject.org/tor-brower-onion-services-challenges-opportunities

How can you use Tor to circumvent internet censorship? Our Anti-Censorship Team Lead Philipp Winter explains:
https://youtu.be/g6xEfNHkFKY

A recent study found that 67% of the apps played by 3- to 4-year-old children collect data and share it with third-party marketers.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/health/privacy-violations-kids-apps-wellness-trnd/index.html