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Favorite What if funding internet freedom wasn’t driven by a few large donors, but by how many people showed up? What if $1 dollar could go as far as $100? Earlier this year, we set out to answer these questions by launching a participatory funding campaign. The goal was to test new funding mechanisms to…

Favorite This release is an emergency release to fix critical security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the expat XML library. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.100, which fixes CVE-2026-64560, a vulnerability that could allow Tor Browser in Tails to gain administrator privileges. For example, if a malicious website that you visit…

Favorite Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor implementation in Rust. We’re happy to announce the latest release, Arti 2.5.1. This release consists mostly of internal improvements and bug fixes, as well as our ongoing development towards using Arti as a relay and as a directory authority. For onion service hosts, onion…

Favorite Bypassing censorship comes down to two challenges: disguising internet traffic from censors while making an open network easy to reach. Snowflake is particularly effective at tackling both of these challenges. It disguises a user’s traffic to look like a video call and routes it through volunteer-run proxies using short-lived connections, making the traffic harder…

Favorite New features New shutdown procedure Tails now uses the standard shutdown procedure from GNOME. The standard shutdown procedure is a bit slower, but better prevents data loss. For example, the Power Off confirmation dialog informs you if an application needs to be closed or an open document needs to be saved before shutting down.…

Favorite Tor Browser 16.0a9 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. ⚠️ Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to…

Favorite Tor Browser 15.0.19 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. Full changelog The full…

Favorite Tor Browser 15.0.18 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. Send us your feedback If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. Full changelog The full…

Favorite Tor Browser 16.0a8 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox. ⚠️ Reminder: The Tor Browser Alpha release-channel is for testing only. As such, Tor Browser Alpha is not intended for general use because it is more likely to…

Favorite Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.17. Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.11. Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.94, which fixes CVE-2026-43503 (DirtyClone) and CVE-2026-46331 (PACKET_EDIT_MEME), vulnerabilities that could allow an application in Tails to gain administration privileges. For example, if an attacker was able to exploit other unknown security vulnerabilities in an…