Fwd: Join the FSF and allies: strengthen the Tor anti-surveillance network

[Zenaan Harkness]

Happy to kick off a discussion for fellow free-speech network lovers :)

Regards,
Zenaan


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Zak Rogoff <info at fsf.org>
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 01:51:33 -0400
Subject: Join the FSF and allies: strengthen the Tor anti-surveillance network
To: Mr Harkness <zen at freedbms.net>

Hi Mr,

We're joining our allies at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF),
the Tor Project, and Freedom of the Press Foundation in kicking off
the Tor Challenge, an effort to strengthen the global Tor network that
protects Internet traffic from surveillance.

[Tor][1] is a publicly accessible, free software-based system for
anonymizing Internet traffic. Tor relies on thousands of computers
around the world called relays, which route traffic in tricky ways to
dodge spying. The more relays, the stronger and faster the
network. That's where you come in:

**[Start a relay and register it with the Tor Challenge! It's easy and
  works on all operating systems, including the best one --
  GNU/Linux.][2]**

Tor is used by journalists, political dissidents, and everyday folks
around the world. In fact, it was used by Edward Snowden for his
famous leaks. The FSF is proud to run our own Tor relay as well.

We've long been supporters of Tor, and we're pumped to join our allies
in promoting it. As we write this, there have already been 370 new
relays set up in the past two days. [Let's help double that!][2]

To learn about more tools and actions you can take to secure privacy
for yourself and your community, see the [FSF's bulk surveillance
page][3]. For a discussion of pushing back bulk surveillance on a mass
scale, read Richard Stallman's article ["How Much Surveillance Can
Democracy Withstand?"][4].

Zak Rogoff
Campaigns Manager
Free Software Foundation

[1]: https://www.torproject.org
[2]: https://www.eff.org/torchallenge
[3]: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/surveillance/
[4]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy
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