The #DEFCON #Tor onion services should have some bumpy times as we migrate from the old server to the new one. So far so good, but we will need to do a few reboots and config tweaks.

»Unsicherheit – US-Kürzungsrausch gefährdet für das Internet wichtige Open-Source-Projekte:
Die neue US-Regierung entzieht dem Open Technology Fund (OTF) die Mittel. Von diesem sind unter anderem @letsencrypt, @torproject und @fdroidorg finanziell abhängig. Der OTF hat Klage eingereicht«

Sehr heikel und es petrifft, wenn auch "nur" indirekt, alle Menschen auf der Erde. Der Egoismus eines Irren kann uns alle betreffen!

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263520/lets-encrypt-tor-trump-kuerzungen-gefaehrden-fuer-das-internet-wichtige-open-source-projekte

Reblog.

#Trump ha interrotto i fondi destinati all’Open Technology Fund, un ente che da oltre un decennio finanzia strumenti digitali per la libertà online.
Questi fondi rappresentano la quasi totalità del budget dell'#OTF e sono essenziali per il sostegno di numerosi progetti, tra cui #Let'sEncrypt, la rete di anonimizzazione #Tor e il negozio di applicazioni open-source #F-Droid, che l’anno scorso hanno ricevuto rispettivamente 800mila, 500mila e 396mila dollari.

https://www.dday.it/redazione/52530/trump-fara-saltare-il-negozio-open-source-android-f-droid-e-la-rete-tor

After Trump's decree: fight for US funding for Tor, F-Droid and Let's Encrypt

"Following a decree by US President Trump, the Open Technology Fund is no longer receiving funding. That is why the organization is now going to court."

https://www.heise.de/en/news/After-Trump-s-decree-fight-for-US-funding-for-Tor-F-Droid-and-Let-s-Encrypt-10328335.html

Tor, internette anonim kalmanın harika bir yoludur. Hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinmek ve nasıl çalıştığını görmek için buraya göz atın: https://support.torproject.org/tr/about/what-is-tor/ #Tor #gizlilik #anonimlik #güvenlik #türkiye #turkey

#DerStandard:
"
Trumps Kürzungsrausch gefährdet für das Internet wichtige Open-Source-Projekte

Die neue US-Regierung entzieht dem Open Technology Fund die Mittel. Von diesem sind unter anderem Let’s Encrypt, Tor und F-Droid finanziell abhängig. Der OTF hat Klage eingereicht
"
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000263520/lets-encrypt-tor-trump-kuerzungen-gefaehrden-fuer-das-internet-wichtige-open-source-projekte?ref=article

30.3.2025

After #Trump's decree: fight for US funding for #Tor, #FDroid and #LetsEncrypt

https://www.heise.de/en/news/After-Trump-s-decree-fight-for-US-funding-for-Tor-F-Droid-and-Let-s-Encrypt-10328335.html

Tor Browser 14.0.8, a Windows only emergency release, is now available. This version includes very urgent security updates to Firefox for Windows, and the Tor Project advises Windows users to update immediately.

#tor #browser #firefox #windows #0day
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1408/

New Release: #Tor Browser 14.0.8 (#Windows only)

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1408/

After reports of hackers exploiting a Chrome zero-day, Mozilla released a similar fix for its browser, and Tor urges users to update "immediately."

#Chrome #Mozilla #hackers #browser #Tor #update

https://cnews.link/tor-firefox-on-windows-affected-by-critical-vulnerability-1/

The #CIA "Found" The #Ark Of The #Covenant... (not really)#sog #yt

https://youtu.be/GVJkcSEpDBw

Check out this interesting documents on the CIA's website! https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002100240001-2.pdf As it's a .gov site, some may prefer using a VPN or Tor. Just a thought! #CIA #GovDocs #VPN #Tor #PrivacyMatters

https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R002100220001-4.pdf
#someordinarygamers

Dude, just cite your sources so that folks can follow your presentation. :/

#HELP

I just received a concerning email from the OTF (@opentechfund.bsky.social) stating that a major source of their funding is in jeopardy.

If you care about open-source, anti-censorship, or the open internet, please consider supporting one of the projects they fund.

#FOSS #OpenSource #TechNews
#USPol #Politics #News #PoliticalNews
#NetNeutrality #EFF
#Wikimedia #Signal #SignalApp
#TOR #TAILs #OpenVPN #VPN #LetsEncrypt #HTTPS #SSL
#Censorship #AntiCensorship

https://www.opentech.fund/projects-we-support/supported-projects/?sc=&filter1=&filter2=&order-by-selector=date-desc&pageno=1

I was curious about ZeroNet again today. ZeroNet was a #P2P web project from the 2010s along similar lines to I2P (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2P) and #Tor hidden services. The idea of hosting dynamic webpages in a completely P2P fashion, like torrents, remains super cool and appealing to me. In fact, at one point the #BitTorrent company had a similar proposal (https://www.bittorrent.com/blog/2014/12/10/project-maelstrom-the-internet-we-build-next/).

The ZeroNet website (https://zeronet.io/) is still up, but the project hasn't been updated in five years as per the GitHub repo (https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet). Someone was maintaining a fork at some point, and at other times I heard that ZeroNet was (now?) insecure, although I know no details. Certainly anything P2P isn't anonymous by default.

I found this question (https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/2749) about the creator of ZeroNet. Disturbingly, this article (https://www.newsbtc.com/news/sam-maloney-creator-of-morphis-and-dpush-shot-dead-by-london-police/) about a different developer killed by the police under unusual circumstances was shared.

My impression was that ZeroNet actually worked (works?) to some extent. Why aren't projects like this being funded? We need censorship-resistant ways of communicating online, after all.

#foss #support #fdroid #tor #funding #donate #trump #defunding #letsencrypt #technology #opensource

https://www.heise.de/en/news/After-Trump-s-decree-fight-for-US-funding-for-Tor-F-Droid-and-Let-s-Encrypt-10328335.html

Wondering why my tor snowflake is seeing 0 traffic:
```
2025/03/26 03:35:23 In the last 1h0m0s, there were 0 connections. Traffic Relayed ↑ 0 KB, ↓ 0 KB.
2025/03/26 04:35:23 In the last 1h0m0s, there were 0 connections. Traffic Relayed ↑ 0 KB, ↓ 0 KB.
2025/03/26 05:35:58 In the last 1h0m0s, there were 0 connections. Traffic Relayed ↑ 0 KB, ↓ 0 KB.
2025/03/26 06:37:15 In the last 1h0m0s, there were 0 connections. Traffic Relayed ↑ 0 KB, ↓ 0 KB.
```

The Open Technology Fund has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for cutting funding previously authorized by Congress

The organization is part of the United States Agency for Global Media and is a major sponsor for #Tor, #letsencrypt #OpenVPN, and many anti-surveillance projects

The White House cut USAGM funding earlier this month through a presidential executive order
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/federal-contracting/open-technology-fund-sues-global-media-agency-over-fund-freeze (paywalled)