Hacker News with Generative AI: Tor

Tor in Russia: A call for more WebTunnel bridges (torproject.org)
Recent reports from Tor users in Russia indicate an escalation in online censorship with the goal of blocking access to Tor and other circumvention tools. This new wave includes attempts to block Tor bridges and pluggable transports developed by the Tor Project, removal of circumvention apps from stores, and targeting popular hosting providers, shrinking the space for bypassing censorship. Despite these ongoing actions, Tor remains effective.
Law Enforcement Undermines Tor (marx.wtf)
Few weeks ago, the German political magazine Panorama and STRG_F reported that law enforcement agencies infiltrated the Tor network in order to expose criminals.
Distribute(d) trust – The key to global encryption access (globalencryption.org)
For many vulnerable Internet users, the Tor network is the only way to gain access to encrypted services. It’s made possible by relay operators, the thousands of volunteers who donate their time, technical expertise, and hardware. Join us for a roundtable discussion with individual and institutional relay operators to learn more about the ins and outs of powering a safer, more equitable internet. The virtual live event is part of Tor’s contributions to Global Encryption Day.
Firefox and Tor hit with 9.8 critical level exploit (youtube.com)
Tor2web: Support SMTP Proxy Services (github.com/tor2web)
In order to foster the developer of an Internet-to-Darknet diffusion, this ticket is to brainstorm the possibility to implement within Tor2web also an SMTP Proxy to let TorHS receive emails from the Internet to their internally running TorHS system.
Update on an upcoming German broadcasting story about Tor/Onion Services (torproject.org)
I am reaching out to inform you of an upcoming news story concerning a potential deanonymization attack on Onion Services.
NSA tracks Google ads to find Tor users (cnet.com)
Arti: A Tor Implementation in Rust (torproject.net)
Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy (direct.mit.edu)