Hello!
The service "fpcentral" (https://fpcentral.tbb.torproject.org/) will be
retired on October 20th 2021 (6 months from now), along with the server
it is running on (forrestii).
We do not have the resources to maintain the service. Besides, other,
and better alternatives have emerged since then, like, for example the
EFF's Cover Your Tracks service (https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/,
previously known as the Panopticlick) and TorZillaPrint
(https://arkenfox.github.io/TZP/).
On the retirement date, the server will be shutdown, rendering the
service completely unavailable. A week later, the server will be
destroyed, and its backups will be destroyed 30 days after the
retirement date. The Internet Archive has an up to date copy of the
site's static assets and will be able to keep it for posterity. It is
recommended that you fix any bookmarks, links, or other references you
have to this site.
If you have concerns about the retirement or wish to delay the
procedure, you can add a comment to the tracking issue
(https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/40009) or contact
TPA:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/wikis/policy/tpa-rfc-2-support…
Hi!
We are starting to meet again to discuss releases of Tor Browser. The
next meeting will be on May 4th at 19UTC in irc.oftc.net #tor-meeting
The pad for this meetings is at
http://kfahv6wfkbezjyg4r6mlhpmieydbebr5vkok5r34ya464gqz6c44bnyd.onion/p/tor…
cheers,
gaba
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Hi people,
We are going to have the next DEMO day in May. It is happening at the
end of the month, May 26th @ 1600 UTC.
Feel free to list yourself in the pad.
http://kfahv6wfkbezjyg4r6mlhpmieydbebr5vkok5r34ya464gqz6c44bnyd.onion/p/tor…https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-demo-day-may-2021-keep
Tor Demo Day - May 26th 2021
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Why?
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- We want to spice up our remote working routine and also break the
silos between teams.
- Tor Demo Days are a success and we want to share this experience with
the broad Tor community!
How?
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- We are opening the call for presenters.
- The agenda will be set before the meeting and will be shared with
tor-project.
- We want 5 to 8 minutes length presentations. We will handle questions
at the end of all presentations.
- Slides are allowed, but not mandatory. You may share your screen or a
pre-recorded video if that makes you less anxious.
- We like the adrenaline of the live presentations, but if they wish,
presenters can share pre-recorded videos with us. They should be sent a
few hours in advance and will be lined up and shared with assistants
during the session.
- This is a place where people should feel safe to engage, share their
point of view, and participate. Read our Code of Conduct:
https://gitweb.torproject.org/community/policies.git/tree/code_of_conduct.t…
Who?
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- Anyone who wants to share what they have been hacking on. It doesn't
need to be a finished feature but a work in progress. It can be small
like a Tor Browser feature or something you have been hacking around Tor
not officially.
- Presenters have 5 to 8 minutes. People can ask questions via text in
the pad for 3 minutes.
- Gaba will moderate at this time. We need volunteers for other DEMO
days in 2021.
Where?
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At our BBB instance. A public link will be shared the same day of the DEMO.
When?
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Wednesday MAY 26th at 1600 UTC
Agenda
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- 5 min for the presentation
- 3 min for questions
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Questions will be written in text on the pad in any time during the
presentation. Presenters will answer them in audio.
Presentations: ADD HERE THE PROPOSAL YOU HAVE FOR A SHORT PRESENTATION.
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Hi folks!
By default the trac wiki pages redirect to the "legacy wiki" version of
each page on gitlab. And that page is frozen in time from many months
ago when we did the transition.
Google and other search engines still have the trac pages as their
favorite answers, and that means when people search for your wiki page,
they end up on the frozen inaccurate legacy page.
I'm trying to get this fixed, starting with the Snowflake page as a
proof of concept:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/40233
So: does your team have a new gitlab wiki page too? Are you sick of
having your users read the old broken wrong legacy wiki page? If so,
please add your <old page, new page> pair as a comment to that gitlab
issue (using RewriteRule style regexps if you want), and we'll try to
get it fixed.
(I heard there are some other possible plans for maybe making the new
gitlab wiki pages more usable, more centralized, not even on gitlab at
all anymore, or other ideas. That's all fine and should be compatible
with this plan.)
Thanks!
--Roger
Hi,
About two weeks ago, we have disabled the last remaining build box for
our poor old 32 bit ARM builds (armel and armhf). It seems like no one
noticed, but we have failed to do an announcement then so I figured it
was important to let people know that we do not plan on fixing that
situation right now. Those machines are hard to come by (and maintain
remotely) so we want to focus on the better supported ARM64 ecosystem
going forward.
We do support ARM 64 builds through a virtual machine provided by Linaro
right now (thanks!) and would be happy to expand that capacity. Let us
know if you have any ideas on that.
See this ticket for details:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/tpa/team/-/issues/32920
A.
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Antoine Beaupré
torproject.org system administration
Hi everyone!
We have a new job opening for a Browser Developer: https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/tor-browser-developer/
The job description is also below in plaintext.
Please help us spread the word! Thank you! :)
Best,
Erin Wyatt
Director of People Operations
ewyatt(a)torproject.org
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Internet Freedom Nonprofit Seeks Browser Developer
The Tor Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advancing human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, is seeking an experienced developer to work on Tor Browser.
Tor is for everyone, and we are actively working to build a team that represents people from all over the world - people from diverse ethnic, national, and cultural backgrounds; people from all walks of life. Racial minorities, non-gender-binary people, women, and people from any group that is generally underrepresented in tech are encouraged to apply.
This Browser Developer will be an integral part of a small team that maintains the Tor Browser as well as other Tor applications inside the organization. The team coordinates both synchronously and asynchronously via IRC, email, bug trackers, and some voice meetings. A personal commitment to free and open source software, good communication and documentation skills, and passion for contributing to the greater good are all essential.
This is a full-time, remote position.
Browser Developer
April 19, 2021
The Job:
• Provide code review for new browser modifications, and accept code review from other team members
• Evaluate and audit recent changes in Firefox, and understand how that affects Tor Browser users
• Support maintaining Tor Browser on top of recent versions of Firefox
• Improve Tor Browser's security, privacy, and anonymity properties
• Collaborate with Mozilla and directly improve Firefox
• Simplify and improve Tor Browser's current protections
• Support the continuous integration testing framework and tests
• Collaborate with other teams at the Tor Project, external software projects (e.g. OONI), and research groups.
• Improve Tor Browser's web compatibility
Our main codebases: Tor Browser is the combination of multiple codebases.
Requirements -- Technical Abilities/Experience:
• Advanced skills in writing C/C++, Rust and JavaScript.
• Possess a solid understanding of issues surrounding secure C++ programming and reference counted memory (at least to the level of avoiding issues).
• Be comfortable diving into new, unfamiliar codebases, looking for ways to alter and augment their functionality in specific, goal-oriented ways.
• Be familiar with web technologies and how the web works, especially the same-origin model and web tracking.
• Willingness and ability to justify and document technical decisions for a public, world-wide technical audience.
• Be comfortable working remotely with a geographically distributed team.
• Experience interacting with users and other developers online, including experience being confronted with differing ideas and opinions (not always in a nice manner), while maintaining a high level of professionalism.
• Comfort with transparency: as a non-profit organization that develops open source software, almost everything we do is public, including your name (or at least your business name) and possibly salary information.
Preferred qualifications:
• Familiarity and/or experience with writing add-ons and/or patches for Mozilla Firefox or other web browsers.
• Familiarity with compiling software for the Android platform.
• Familiarity with browser fingerprinting defenses
• Familiarity with Firefox's internal architecture, including its use of multiple processes and sandboxing.
• Be intensely creative yet also ruthlessly pragmatic in your thinking.
• Know enough about networking to be able to visualize what HTTP 1.1 looks like on the wire while encapsulated within Tor's network protocol.
• Open-source experience: contributed significant chunks of code to multiple open-source projects in the past.
• Familiarity with distributed version control systems, including Git.
• Genuinely be excited about Tor and its values!
For a more detailed understanding of the full breadth and depth of the work you'd be doing, have a look at The Design and Implementation of the Tor Browser, especially The Design Requirements section at https://spec.torproject.org/torbrowser-design#DesignRequirements.
Academic degrees are great, but not required if you have the right experience!
How to Apply
To apply, submit a cover letter, your CV/resume (including three professional references), and a link to a code sample or some non-trivial software project you have significantly contributed to. In your cover letter, please include the reason you want to work at the Tor Project.
IMPORTANT: Please email application materials in PDF format to job-browser at torproject dot org with "Browser Developer" in the subject line.
The Tor Project's workforce is smart, committed, and hard working. We currently have a paid and contract staff of around 24 developers and operational support people, plus many thousands of volunteers who contribute to our work. The Tor Project is funded in part by government research and development grants, and in part by individual, foundation, and corporate donations.
Salary for this position depends on experience and there is voluntary opt-in salary transparency for employees and contractors.
The Tor Project has a competitive benefits package, including a generous PTO policy, 16 paid holidays per year (including the week between Christmas and New Year's, when the office is closed), and flexible work schedule. Insurance benefits vary by employment status and country of residence.
The Tor Project, Inc. is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.