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You need Tor, and Tor is asking for your support

For decades, privacy and freedom of thought and expression have been valued as human rights. Please take a moment to read articles 12, 18, and 19 of ↑The Universal Declaration of Human Rights dating back to 1948.

In free, democratic countries we took those rights for granted. Even without knowing or caring about human rights, […]

Firefox with Tor/Orbot on Android

In my previous post, I explained three steps for more privacy on the Net, namely (1) opt out from the cloud, (2) encrypt your communication, and (3) anonymize your surfing behavior. If you attempt (3) via Tor on Android devices, you need to be careful.

I was surprised how complicated anonymized browsing is on Android […]

How I select Tor guard nodes under global surveillance

I’m trying to protect my privacy on the Net, and for years I have been using and advocating (in German) the anonymization tools JonDonym and Tor towards that end. Before you continue reading, please be warned that I’m an anonymization hobbyist. There are ongoing discussions on the tor-talk mailing list concerning network diversity and the […]