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<p>The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in
the United States. The official address of the organization is:
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The Tor Project<br>
969 Main Street, Suite 206<br>
Walpole, MA 02081-2972 USA<br><br>
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<p>The organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.
Please don't contact us individually about Tor topics — if you
have a problem or question, please look through the <a href="<page
about/contact>">contact page</a> for appropriate addresses.</p>
<h1>Core Tor People</h1>
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<dt>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and Developer</dt>
<dd>Our main advocate. Speaks at conferences and gives
trainings all over the world to get people excited about Tor,
explain how Tor is used in real world situations, and generally
explain why anonymity online matters to you. Original developer
of ttdnsd, <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
check</a>, <a href="https://exitlist.torproject.org/">Tor
DNSEL</a>, and <a href="https://weather.torproject.org">Tor
weather</a> site. He is also a Staff Research Scientist at
the University of Washington Computer Security and Privacy
Research Lab.</dd>
<dt>Thomas S. Benjamin, Researcher</dt>
<dd>Anonymous communications and bridge distribution
researcher. His other work can be found on his <a
href="http://cryptocracy.net/">personal website</a></dd>
<dt>Erinn Clark, Packaging and Build Automation</dt>
<dd>Erinn is tackling the growing needs for easy to install
and configure packages on a variety of operating systems.
Also working on automating the build system and producing
nightly builds for all operating systems we support. Erinn is
also doing some advocacy by talking to audiences at FSCONS,
CodeBits.eu, and various European universites.</dd>
<dt>Roger Dingledine, Project Leader, Director, Researcher</dt>