The Tor Project

What happens when the internet goes down during a moment of crisis ⚠️📡? Like political turmoil or a natural disaster? How do you access trustworthy information? How do you stay in touch with others? And how can you support your community during a crisis? If you missed Tor's State of the Onion 2025 broadcast 🎥🧅, be sure to tune into the recast here: https://lnkd.in/gKmJRHTr Day 1 discussed the behind the scenes efforts that keep Tor users safe and secure against surveillance and attacks 🔒🛡️. 🚫 Hear more about how our teams collaborate to fight censorship in places like Iran, Russia, and China. 📶 Learn about how we defend against attacks and keep the network strong. 🤝 Find out how we're making our tools and services easier to use and integrate, and manage the systems that empower a community of global collaborators. And don't forget to join our Community Day stream on December 10th. ▶️  🔔 Get notified here: https://lnkd.in/gsq4KT5R

We’re excited for Funding the Commons: Buenos Aires on November 19. 🌐 💻 Tor's very own Roger Dingledine will speak at the summit that brings together builders, funders, and researchers to advance public goods funding and design real-world finance infrastructure. Are you building for the real world? 🌎 👉 https://lu.ma/ftc-ba-2025

🎉 Tor Browser 15.0 is now available! Our first stable release based on Firefox ESR 140, incorporating a year's worth of changes. Download now from the Tor Browser download page: https://lnkd.in/gwd6S9Eq 🖥️ What's new on Desktop: 🔹  Vertical tabs: stack your tabs in a sidebar 🔹 Tab groups: organize tabs into collapsible, named & color-coded groups 🔹  Unified search button in the address bar  Perfect for privacy-conscious power users, researchers, and anyone who accumulates tabs frighteningly quickly! 📱 Android gets screen lock: an extra layer of security for your browsing sessions.  🔒 Your tabs lock automatically when you switch away, protecting your privacy even if someone gains temporary access to your unlocked phone. ⛓️💥 This release is made possible by our community. Support our mission to FREE THE INTERNET - all donations matched by Power Up Privacy through December 31, 2025! ! 💜

“Operating as a nonprofit allows us to focus on building the most private tools we can–without ever having to compromise user privacy in order to generate profit for shareholders.” Read the full interview with Al Smith Thank you Common Good Cyber for helping build a stronger internet together. https://lnkd.in/eU5tNxPy

At the Tor Project, along with our incredible community of supporters, we're not just imagining a free internet — we're building it!  🧅🌐 - In Turkmenistan, Turkmen.news trusts Tor to provide safe access to the free internet where it once did not exist.  - Freedom of the Press Foundation uses Tor as the backbone of SecureDrop, enabling secure communications between journalists and sources. - In Russia and Egypt, individuals use the Tor Browser to access encrypted email services like Tuta | Secure Email & Calendar to freely communicate. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Tor Project relies on donations to power its tools -– the Tor network, Tor Browser, Tails OS, and the Tor ecosystem. These tools are trusted by millions and always free to use, without collecting, selling, trading, or renting any of your data for profit. During the next three months, we will be hosting a fundraising campaign and are asking for your donations to power a free internet for millions across the globe. Every donation will be matched by our supporter, Power Up Privacy. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact. https://lnkd.in/drTj4Z3z

It takes a global community to make privacy possible. Huge thanks to DuckDuckGo for standing with us and 20+ fellow orgs fighting censorship and surveillance. 💜🌍🧅

“Think about privacy not as a feature but as a design choice." Sometimes, the places users trust most can become the most dangerous. 🫖 The Tea breach isn’t just about one app. It’s a symptom of a much larger issue: the internet as a centralized, for-profit, tracking machine. We urgently need solutions that are secure- and private-by-design—built on transparency, open technology, and user control. Thanks Tech Policy Press and Dr. Laura Scherling, EdD for the interview! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxypXCi5

The Tor Project has joined the Rust Foundation as an Associate Member! Read the announcement to learn more about our investment in the Rust Project: https://lnkd.in/gupeyGTJ (🦀 Yes, it involves Arti, our next-generation implementation of Tor written in the Rust)

See you in Argentina! Funding the Commons

Remember the onion plushie? Its maker Æ Labs has partnered with Tor to create a digital representation of one of our shirts. 👇🧅💜