% Civil Rights Defenders, Defender's Days % Andrew Lewman andrew@torproject.org % 03 April 2014 # Crash course - Anonymity Online - Internet Freedom - Tor and Tails - Download Tor Browser & Use it - Try tails (for non-Macs) - Try Orbot, Firefox, Proxymob # Who is this guy? 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the research and development of technologies for online anonymity and privacy [https://www.torproject.org](https://www.torproject.org) \begin{center} \includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{images/2009-oval_sticker_new} \end{center} # Who wants anonymity online? \parbox{7cm}{\sloppy \setbeamercolor{background}[\includegraphics[scale=0.35]{./images/anonymousman}} \parbox{3cm}{\sloppy \begin{itemize} \begin{small} \item Normal people \item Law Enforcement \item Human Rights Activists \item Business Execs \item Militaries \item Abuse Victims \end{small} \end{itemize} } # How many people want anonymity? No idea. We're an anonymity system. However, the National Science Foundation has funded us to learn more: [https://metrics.torproject.org/](https://metrics.torproject.org/) # Tor hides communication patterns by relaying data through volunteer servers \begin{center} \begin{overlayarea}{9cm}{6cm} \only<1>{\includegraphics[width=9cm]{./images/tor-network}} \only<2>{\includegraphics[width=9cm]{./images/tor-safe-selection}} \only<3>{\includegraphics[width=9cm]{./images/tor-safe-path}} \only<4>{\includegraphics[width=9cm]{./images/tor-keys1}} \end{overlayarea} \flushright \tiny Diagram: Robert Watson \end{center} # Internet Freedom > Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. > — John Perry Barlow, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" > February 8, 1996 # ...applied theory... \begin{center} \includegraphics<1>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/2011-06-08-china-net-censorship-piracy-porn-crop} \includegraphics<2>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/cropped-saudi-arabia-filter-message} \includegraphics<3>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/wikipedia-internet-blackholes.pdf} \includegraphics<4>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/procera-evolved-dpi} \includegraphics<5>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/2011-10-arstechnica-major-isps-usa-6strikes} \includegraphics<6>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/iran-ssl-dpi-26-seconds-to-death} \includegraphics<7>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/2009-knowprivacy-report-webbug-domains} \includegraphics<8>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/dataflow-futureprivacychart} \end{center} # ...spring is in the air... \begin{center} \includegraphics[[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/paco-primera-pagina-oleo-lienzo-110-x-150-cms-2008-red} \end{center} # An example from Iran \begin{center} \includegraphics<1>[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/2014-02-17-iranian-circumvention-tools.png} \end{center} # Software We write a lot of free software. About half is GPLv2 and the other half 3-Clause BSD. # Software We write in C, C++, python, ruby, shell, javascript, java, perl, and whatever else I forgot. All our code is available at Tor's gitweb, https://gitweb.torproject.org or our old svn server, https://svn.torproject.org/. # Software - People 33 core people. 6 female and 27 male. 12 countries. Virtual team, virtual office. we talk via email, IRC, and XMPP. 5,000+ volunteers, 85 countries. See what we've done in the past few years in our 2012 Annual Report [https://www.torproject.org/about/findoc/2012-TorProject-Annual-Report.pdf](https://www.torproject.org/about/findoc/2012-TorProject-Annual-Report.pdf) # Software - Products We focus on six main products: - tor browser, [https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser) - arm, [http://www.atagar.com/arm/](http://www.atagar.com/arm/) - atlas/compass/metrics, https://(atlas|compass|metrics).torproject.org - Pluggable Transpors, [https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en](https://www.torproject.org/docs/pluggable-transports.html.en) - tor cloud, [https://cloud.torproject.org](https://cloud.torproject.org) and - tor itself. # Software - Tor Ecosystem Growing ecosystem of products: - tails, [https://tails.boum.org](https://tails.boum.org) - orbot, [https://guardianproject.info](https://guardianproject.info) - torchat, [https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat](https://github.com/prof7bit/TorChat) - TorTV, [http://www.dyne.org/software/tortv/](http://www.dyne.org/software/tortv/) - Torouter, [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Torouter](https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/Torouter) - Onion Browser, [https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/](https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/) # Anonymous Operating System - Tails Tails is a live DVD or live USB that aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity. It's based on Debian Stable. # Anonymous Operating System - Tails It's used in 94 countries with an average client boot seen every 24 seconds around the clock. We sponsor Tails. We're doing a bug bounty program. This will fix a lot of bugs/feature requests in upstream. # Tails \includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{./images/2013-02-19-tails-bootscreen.png} # Company The Tor Project, Inc runs on free software. We believe in transparency and sharing. Our code, designs, and content are all freely licensed (3-Clause BSD, GPL, or CC-BY-3.0) We publish our tickets, discussions, and contract details with the world on our wiki, [https://wiki.torproject.org](https://wiki.torproject.org). # Thanks! \begin{center} \includegraphics[keepaspectratio,width=\textwidth, height=.8\textheight]{images/thankyou_img} \end{center} Visit [https://www.torproject.org](https://www.torproject.org) for more information, links, and ideas. # Copyrights \begin{itemize} \item applied theory, first image: Reporters without Borders, http://www.rsf.org \item applied theory, second image: Tor Project, Inc, https://blog.torproject.org/blog/update-internet-censorship-iran \item applied theory, third image: Information Week,2011-04-09, http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229400850 \item applied theory, fourth image: Al Jazeera, February 2011 \item spring is in the air, Paco Pomet, http://pacopomet.wordpress.com/ \end{itemize}