
Israel Leiva’s revamp of GetTor, the alternative Tor software distributor, now supports additional content delivery networks including Github and Google Drive, xmpp requests (with Twitter compatibility on the way), multiple languages, and more. The “southern hemisphere” schedule for Tor’s first-ever Summer of Privacy came to an end, and the two remaining students submitted their final progress reports. The project is trying to improve communications with both Mozilla and the Tor Browser team in order to have as much work merged upstream as possible! Final Tor Summer of Privacy reports

If you want to stay updated with this effort, keep an eye on the team’s homepage. This is a public testing release, so as usual please do not rely on it for strong anonymity just yet. The Orfox team released the first beta version of the Tor Browser-like Android web browser on Google Play and the Guardian Project F-Droid repos. All Tails users must upgrade as soon as possible, if they haven’t already done so see the announcement for download instructions. As well as Tor Browser 5.0.3, this release includes updates to key software, and fixes to important security issues. Tails 1.6, a minor release of the anonymous live operating system, was put out one month ago on September 22, following a Firefox security announcement. Welcome to the thirty-sixth issue in 2015 of Tor Weekly News, the weekly newsletter that covers what’s happening in the Tor community.
