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[webwml/staging] Update abuse faq to be a bit more honest
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 68456035440a7020b5edd1981164a42ef441638c Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian(a)torproject.org> Date: Wed Mar 30 00:23:20 2016 +0200 Update abuse faq to be a bit more honest --- docs/en/faq-abuse.wml | 28 ++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml index f966ced..699ac50 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ using technology?</a></li> don't have the time or money to spend figuring out how to get privacy online. This is the worst of all possible worlds. </p> - <p>So yes, criminals could in theory use Tor, but they already have + <p>So yes, criminals can use Tor, but they already have better options, and it seems unlikely that taking Tor away from the world will stop them from doing their bad things. At the same time, Tor and other privacy measures can <em>fight</em> identity theft, physical @@ -171,29 +171,9 @@ using technology?</a></li> <p>You might also find that your Tor relay's IP is blocked from accessing some Internet sites/services. This might happen regardless of your exit policy, because some groups don't seem to know or care that Tor has - exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities, - you might consider running your Tor relay on it.) For example, </p> - - <ul> - <li>Because of a few cases of anonymous jerks messing with its web - pages, Wikipedia is currently blocking many Tor relay IPs from writing - (reading still works). We're talking to Wikipedia about how they might - control abuse while still providing access to anonymous contributors, - who often have hot news or inside info on a topic but don't want to risk - revealing their identities when publishing it (or don't want to reveal - to local observers that they're accessing Wikipedia). Slashdot is also - in the same boat.</li> - - <li>SORBS is putting some Tor relay IPs on their email - blacklist as well. They do this because they passively detect whether your - relay connects to certain IRC networks, and they conclude from this that - your relay is capable of spamming. We tried to work with - them to teach them that not all software works this way, - but we have given up. We recommend you avoid them, and <a - href="http://paulgraham.com/spamhausblacklist.html">teach your friends - (if they use them) to avoid abusive blacklists too</a>.</li> - - </ul> + exit policies. (If you have a spare IP not used for other activities, you + might consider running your Tor relay on it.) In general, it's advisable + not to use your home internet connection to provide a Tor relay.</p> <a id="IrcBans"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#IrcBans">Tor is banned from the IRC network I want to use.</a></h3>

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[webwml/staging] update blog post url
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 8973afcf34cfce8b84d4d2b0e0653bd5eedfcc7d Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Mon Apr 4 06:14:57 2016 -0400 update blog post url --- docs/en/faq-abuse.wml | 2 +- docs/en/faq.wml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml index 699ac50..17b810f 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq-abuse.wml @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ using technology?</a></li> types, see <a href="<wiki>doc/TorAbuseTemplates">the collection of templates on the Tor wiki</a>. You can also proactively reduce the amount of abuse you - get by following <a href="<blog>tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment">these tips + get by following <a href="<blog>running-exit-node">these tips for running an exit node with minimal harassment</a> and <a href="<wiki>doc/ReducedExitPolicy">running a reduced exit policy</a>.</p> diff --git a/docs/en/faq.wml b/docs/en/faq.wml index 1385eac..936c317 100644 --- a/docs/en/faq.wml +++ b/docs/en/faq.wml @@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ on <a href="<page docs/faq-abuse>#TypicalAbuses">issues you might encounter</a> if you use the default exit policy, and then read Mike Perry's - <a href="<blog>tips-running-exit-node-minimal-harassment">tips + <a href="<blog>running-exit-node">tips for running an exit node with minimal harassment</a>. </p>

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[webwml/staging] make the items in our list be items in our list
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit a01df20857a4fa5468e80468126097fed46e6b9e Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Thu Apr 7 11:40:53 2016 -0400 make the items in our list be items in our list --- about/en/jobs.wml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/jobs.wml b/about/en/jobs.wml index 2a962fe..2237509 100644 --- a/about/en/jobs.wml +++ b/about/en/jobs.wml @@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ <p>Specifically, we're looking for the following people currently: </p> <ul> -<a href="<page about/jobs-hr>">Human Resources Manager</a> -<a href="<page about/jobs-editor>">Writer/Editor</a> -<a href="<page about/jobs-admin-assistant>">Administrative Assistant</a> +<li><a href="<page about/jobs-hr>">Human Resources Manager</a></li> +<li><a href="<page about/jobs-editor>">Writer/Editor</a></li> +<li><a href="<page about/jobs-admin-assistant>">Administrative Assistant</a></li> </ul> </p>

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[webwml/staging] try to make it clearer that execdir/donations/etc are not helpdesk
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 3d753a18495742eca78835e5a5f5ee75034656b6 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Mon Apr 11 01:02:33 2016 -0400 try to make it clearer that execdir/donations/etc are not helpdesk --- about/en/contact.wml | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/about/en/contact.wml b/about/en/contact.wml index f4144a9..b3d667d 100644 --- a/about/en/contact.wml +++ b/about/en/contact.wml @@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ <a id="email"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#email">Email</a></h3> <p>If you have Tor questions, please try to help yourself via the - above support venues.</p> + above support venues. Please don't use the below contact addresses + for helpdesk or user requests — we all get too much mail and + we won't be able to help you there.</p> <ul> <li><i>donations(a)torproject.org</i> is for questions and comments about <a

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[webwml/staging] update the sponsors page for 2016
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit dcd7277ea6a129fc10eedb5828d941dce8f49390 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Tue Apr 12 18:31:45 2016 -0400 update the sponsors page for 2016 --- about/en/sponsors.wml | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/sponsors.wml b/about/en/sponsors.wml index a763dd1..bdb3ac7 100644 --- a/about/en/sponsors.wml +++ b/about/en/sponsors.wml @@ -23,16 +23,14 @@ Tor network. </p> - <h3>Active Sponsors in 2015:</h3> + <h3>Active Sponsors in 2016:</h3> <ul> - <li><a href="<page donate/donate>">More than 4,300 personal donations from individuals like you</a> (2006-present)</li> - <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/">Reddit</a> (2015)</li> + <li><a href="<page donate/donate>">Tens of thousands of personal donations from individuals like you</a> (2006-present)</li> + <li><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a> (2007-2014 and 2016)</li> <li><a href="http://www.rfa.org/english/">Radio Free Asia</a> (2012-2016)</li> <li><a href="http://nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</a> joint with Georgia Tech and Princeton University (2012-2016)</li> <li><a href="http://nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</a> via University of Minnesota (2013-2017)</li> <li><a href="http://nsf.gov/">National Science Foundation</a> joint with Georgetown (2015-2018)</li> - <li><a href="http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/">Federal Foreign Office of Germany</a> (2015)</li> - <li><a href="https://digitaldefenders.org/">Hivos/The Digital Defenders Partnership</a> (2014-2015)</li> <li><a href="http://www.sri.com/">SRI International</a> (2011-2016)</li> <li><a href="http://www.state.gov/j/drl/">US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</a> (2013-2016)</li> <li>An anonymous North American ISP (2009-present)</li> @@ -42,7 +40,9 @@ <p>We greatly appreciate the support provided by our past sponsors in keeping the Tor Project progressing through our ambitious goals:</p> <ul> - <li><a href="http://code.google.com/soc/">Google Summer of Code</a> (2007-2014)</li> + <li><a href="http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/">Federal Foreign Office of Germany</a> (2015)</li> + <li><a href="https://digitaldefenders.org/">Hivos/The Digital Defenders Partnership</a> (2014-2015)</li> + <li><a href="https://www.reddit.com/">Reddit</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="http://www.fordfoundation.org/">The Ford Foundation</a> (2013-2014)</li> <li><a href="https://disconnect.me/">Disconnect</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="https://freedom.press/">Freedom of the Press Foundation</a> (2014)</li>

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[webwml/staging] this page has had no love in years
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 43600056394413c352b3cdd98196d0ef5182de1d Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Fri Apr 15 17:27:31 2016 -0400 this page has had no love in years deprecate it in favor of corepeople --- about/en/volunteers.wml | 56 +++---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/volunteers.wml b/about/en/volunteers.wml index 9561c47..28b12ea 100644 --- a/about/en/volunteers.wml +++ b/about/en/volunteers.wml @@ -1,57 +1,7 @@ ## translation metadata # Revision: $Revision$ -# Translation-Priority: 3-low -#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Tor Project: Volunteers" CHARSET="UTF-8" +# Status: obsolete + +#include "head.wmi" TITLE="Redirecting" REDIRECT="about/corepeople" -<div id="content" class="clearfix"> - <div id="breadcrumbs"> - <a href="<page index>">Home » </a> - <a href="<page about/overview>">About » </a> - <a href="<page about/volunteers>">Volunteers</a> - </div> - <div id="maincol"> - <h1>Volunteers</h1> - <dl> -<dt>Anonym, bertagaz, and intrigeri</dt><dd>Maintainers of <a -href="https://tails.boum.org/">The Amnesic Incognito Live System</a>.</dd> -<dt>Marco Bonetti</dt><dd>Focusing on MobileTor for the iPhone.</dd> -<dt>Kasimir Gabert</dt><dd>Maintains TorStatus.</dd> -<dt>Marcia Hofmann and Kevin Bankston</dt><dd>EFF lawyers who helped -write the <a href="<page eff/tor-legal-faq>">Tor Legal FAQ</a> and -tirelessly answers the phone when somebody in the world has a legal -question about Tor.</dd> -<dt>Andreas Jonsson</dt><dd>Works on OS X Tor Browser Bundle sandbox -technology.</dd> -<dt>Fabian Keil</dt><dd>One of the core Privoxy developers, and also a -Tor fan. He's the reason Tor and Privoxy still work well together.</dd> -<dt>Juha Nurmi</dt><dd>GSoC student in 2014 and researcher behind <a -href="https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/ahmiafi">Ahmia</a>, a search -engine for hidden services.</dd> -<dt>Julius Mittenzwei</dt><dd>A lawyer with the CCC in -Germany. Coordinates the German Tor community with respect to legal -questions and concerns.</dd> -<dt>Shava Nerad</dt><dd>Our former Development Director. She still works -on PR and community relations.</dd> -<dt>Lasse Øverlier</dt><dd>Writes research papers on Tor: attacks, -defenses, and resource management, especially for hidden services.</dd> -<dt>Nart Villeneuve</dt><dd>Security researcher who works with -Jacob on Internet Censorship research.</dd> -<dt>Ethan Zuckerman</dt><dd>A blogger who has written some -<a href="http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1019">interesting</a> -<a href="http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/projects/guide/">tutorials</a> -for how, when, and whether to use Tor. He also teaches activists around -the world about Tor and related tools.</dd> -<dt>All our relay operators, people who write <a -href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/">research papers</a> about Tor, -people who teach others about Tor, etc.</dt> -</dl> - </div> -  - <div id = "sidecol"> -#include "side.wmi" -#include "info.wmi" - </div> -  -</div> - #include <foot.wmi>

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[webwml/staging] kate points out that press is already at the top of the page
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 3f0eaa62f54bdd0964e7d7b9697a46bae836fc2b Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Mon Apr 18 02:08:35 2016 -0400 kate points out that press is already at the top of the page --- about/en/contact.wml | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/about/en/contact.wml b/about/en/contact.wml index 61d6716..465fd48 100644 --- a/about/en/contact.wml +++ b/about/en/contact.wml @@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ donations means <a href="<page docs/faq>#Funding">more Tor</a>. We're happy to help think about creative ways for you to contribute.</li> - <li><i>press(a)torproject.org</i> is for press/media.</li> <li><i>execdir(a)torproject.org</i> is for questions and comments about Tor the non-profit corporation: trademark questions, affiliation and coordination, major gifts, contract inquiries, licensing and

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[webwml/staging] get rid of the orphan "telephone" header
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit eb2c0b7b31a67fe3cd38dd231b32fb2a23e0549e Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Apr 16 15:35:34 2016 -0400 get rid of the orphan "telephone" header (and also the commented out text, since it's unlikely we're going to be turning that back on anytime soon) --- about/en/contact.wml | 11 ----------- 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/contact.wml b/about/en/contact.wml index b3d667d..9f790ad 100644 --- a/about/en/contact.wml +++ b/about/en/contact.wml @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ <li><a href="#email">Email</a></li> <li><a href="#irc">IRC</a></li> <li><a href="#twitter">Twitter</a></li> - <li><a href="#phone">Telephone</a></li> <li><a href="#mail">Mailing Address</a></li> <li><a href="#security">Security Issues</a></li> </ul> @@ -104,16 +103,6 @@ </ul> </p> - - <a id="mail"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#mail">Mailing Address</a></h3> <p>Should you need to reach us via old reliable mail, our mailing

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[webwml/staging] be more explicit that users should ask questions on stackexchange
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 3af25354c1abd6bbacab908d82c9d8c47280c1b2 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sun Apr 17 01:12:00 2016 -0400 be more explicit that users should ask questions on stackexchange --- about/en/contact.wml | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/about/en/contact.wml b/about/en/contact.wml index 9f790ad..61d6716 100644 --- a/about/en/contact.wml +++ b/about/en/contact.wml @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ <li>Read through the <a href="<page docs/faq>">FAQ</a> and the <a href="<page docs/documentation>">documentation</a>.</li> <li>See if your question is asked or answered on our - <a href="https://tor.stackexchange.com/">StackExchange page</a>.</li> + <a href="https://tor.stackexchange.com/">StackExchange page</a>. If + it isn't, please consider asking it there! Then everybody else can + benefit from your question and the answer to it.</li> <li>Join the <a href="#irc">#tor irc channel</a>, state the issue, and wait patiently for help.</li> <li>Read through the archives of the @@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ <a id="email"></a> <h3><a class="anchor" href="#email">Email</a></h3> <p>If you have Tor questions, please try to help yourself via the - above support venues. Please don't use the below contact addresses + above support venues. Please don't use these contact addresses for helpdesk or user requests — we all get too much mail and we won't be able to help you there.</p>

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[webwml/staging] the weis paper is cool and all, but it was cooler 10 years ago
by sebastian＠torproject.org 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

commit 24e9147fb4591046d4df2eafff567fb24c523634 Author: Roger Dingledine <arma(a)torproject.org> Date: Sat Apr 16 21:16:50 2016 -0400 the weis paper is cool and all, but it was cooler 10 years ago --- docs/en/documentation.wml | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/documentation.wml b/docs/en/documentation.wml index c052d10..8385229 100644 --- a/docs/en/documentation.wml +++ b/docs/en/documentation.wml @@ -178,10 +178,6 @@ <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/top-changes-tor-2004-design-paper-part-1">part one</a>, <a href="https://blog.torproject.org/blog/top-changes-tor-2004-design-paper-part-2">part two</a>. </li> - <li>Our paper at WEIS 2006 — <b>Anonymity Loves Company: - Usability and the Network Effect</b> — explains why usability in - anonymity systems matters for their security: <a - href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/cache/usability:weis2006.pdf">PDF</a>.</li> <li>Our preliminary design to make it harder for large firewalls to prevent access to the Tor network is described in <b>design of a blocking-resistant anonymity system</b>:

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