In July of last year (2023) we launched Operation Envoy, our effort to deliver packets to and from the Tor network which helps defeat Internet censorship. This is achieved by Unredacted operating Tor bridges, also known as Pluggable Transports. Tor bridges obfuscate (bridge) the connection a user makes when connecting to Tor so that it… Continue reading New Tor bridge types for Operation Envoy
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A year in review (2023)
From our humble beginnings in 2015, to now (almost 2024), we’ve undergone many significant changes in the almost 9 years of our existence. We’ve established ourselves as a legitimate organization that is on a mission to fight Internet censorship, and provide various services to individuals & organizations seeking privacy and security. In 2023, a lot… Continue reading A year in review (2023)
Operation Envoy: Defeating Censors
Operation background Accessing the uncensored Internet in some countries has never been so difficult. Internet censorship is rising across the world, and content filtering is becoming more difficult to circumvent as technology and censors evolve. Even in countries you wouldn’t expect. However the worst offenders are the ones you would typically suspect, China, Russia and… Continue reading Operation Envoy: Defeating Censors
What we’re doing in response to the invasion of Ukraine
The situation in Ukraine is unsettling, and requires the world to step in and help on every front. Whether you do your part and help with donations, use your cybersecurity skills or attending & staging protests, anything helps. In response to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military, we have expanded our operations on… Continue reading What we’re doing in response to the invasion of Ukraine
What do your donations to Unredacted do?
Unredacted is an organization with origins dating back to 2015, that was formed to provide free & open privacy/security preserving services to the people of the world. We now fly under our parent company, Universal Layer, which provides various services (primarily IPv4 leasing), but we haven’t changed a bit. To fund our operations, we accept… Continue reading What do your donations to Unredacted do?
Advice on running your own Tor relays
As many of you may know, Tor relays are quite important to the Tor network. They allow Tor users to access .onion sites and regular internet. While hidden services (.onion sites) are great, the fact is that a lot of the internet can not be found within the Tor network. Exit relays, being one of… Continue reading Advice on running your own Tor relays
Our vision of the Tor network
Internet usage has sky rocketed with COVID-19, and the internet is expanding, so are we. As you may have noticed, we have been putting a lot of work in to expand our Tor relay & bridge network. As of writing we have over 27 nodes which reside on a diverse set of networks. Today I… Continue reading Our vision of the Tor network