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15) <h2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
16) 
17) <h2><strong>TOR PROJECT ANNOUNCES NEW STABLE RELEASE</strong></h2>
18) 
19) <p><strong>WALPOLE, MA</strong> The Tor Project announces a new stable
20) release of the Tor software. More than two years in the making,
21) this release features improved client performance and hidden service
22) reliability, better compatibility for Android, correct behavior for
23) bridges that listen on more than one address, more extensible and flexible
24) directory object handling, better reporting of network statistics,

25) improved code security, and many many other features and bugfixes. A
26) <a
27) href="https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-announce/2011-August/000080.html">full
28) changelog</a> is available.</p>

29) 
30) <p>This release series is dedicated to the memory of Andreas Pfitzmann
31) (1958-2010), a pioneer in anonymity and privacy research, a founder of the
32) PETS community, a leader in our field, a mentor, and a friend. He left
33) us with these words: 
34) <blockquote>"I had the possibility to contribute to this world that
35) is not as it should be. I hope I could help in some areas to make the
36) world a better place, and that I could also encourage other people to
37) be engaged in improving the world. Please, stay engaged. This world
38) needs you, your love, your initiative -- now I cannot be part of that
39) anymore."</blockquote></p>
40) 
41) <p>Tor's tools and technologies are already used by millions of people
42) to protect their activities online. These users include journalists and
43) human rights workers in politically rigid countries communicating with
44) whistleblowers and dissidents.  Law enforcement officers on Internet
45) sting operations stay anonymous with Tor, as do people wanting to post
46) socially sensitive information in chat rooms, like rape or abuse survivors
47) and those with illnesses.  The Tor network also provides protection
48) for people looking for another layer of privacy from the millions of
49) websites and ISPs bent on collecting private information and tracking
50) their moves online.</p>
51) 
52) <p>Pre-compiled and configured versions of Tor can be found on <a
53) href="<page download/download>">the download page</a>.</p>
54) 
55) <h2>ABOUT THE TOR PROJECT</h2>
56) 
57) <p>Based in Walpole, MA, The Tor Project develops free and open-source
58) software that provides online anonymity to the everyday Internet
59) user. Tor was born out of a collaboration with the U.S. Naval Research
60) Lab starting in 2001, and it became an official U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit
61) in 2006. The Tor Project now works with many individuals, NGOs, law
62) enforcement agencies, and businesses globally to help them protect their
63) anonymity online.</p>
64) 
65) <p>In addition to its efforts developing and maintaining the Tor anonymity
66) software and the Tor network, The Tor Project also helps to lead the
67) research community in understanding how to build and measure scalable and
68) secure anonymity networks. The Tor developers publish several new research
69) papers each year in major academic security conferences, and just about
70) every major security conference these days includes a Tor-related paper.
71) Tor is a project-funded organization with a staff of 15.</p>
72) 
73) <p>The "Onion Logo" and "Tor" wordmark are registered trademarks
74) of The Tor Project, Inc.</p>
75) 
76) <p>Contact: Andrew Lewman</p>

77) <p>Tel: +1-781-948-1982</p>