Thread by @torproject

Why should you support Tor? Millions of people rely on Tor everyday to exercise their digital rights to privacy and freedom.

Plus, many privacy, security, and anti-censorship applications rely on Tor to function.

An entire ecosystem relies on Tor. ⬇️

The Tor network is one of the backbone technologies of @SecureDrop, the whistleblower submission system. It's used by over 70 orgs including @CBC, @Forbes, @theintercept, @nytimes, and @washingtonpost to securely accept documents from anonymous sources.

Tor is also one of the backbone technologies of the whistleblowing platform @GlobaLeaks internationalized in 30+ languages and used worldwide by more than 1000 projects including the Italian Anti-Corruption Authority (ANAC). blog.torproject.org/italian-anti-c…

Many orgs also enhance the privacy and security of their websites with onion addresses, configured with Tor onion services, including @privacyint, @propublica, @BBC, @BuzzFeedNews, @nytimes, @ProtonMail, @riseupnet, and @DeutscheWelle. #onionizetheweb

In addition to Tor Browser on Windows, MacOS, Linux, and Android, other web browsers integrate Tor including @OnionBrowser and @brave.

Private communication apps also utilize the Tor network to route messages including @BriarApp, @Ricochet, @ChatSecure, and Tor Birdy.

To provide privacy to users, some Linux-based OSs utilize the Tor network in part to do so: @Tails_live, @QubesOS, and @Whonix.

To securely and anonymously share files, there's OnionShare by @micahflee.

Orbot by @guardianproject allows you to route Android traffic over Tor.

And there are many more.

Every donation to the Tor Project positively effects the many vital apps and sites that rely on Tor. When you support Tor, you support these projects as well.

Help us #TakeBacktheInternet and keep an entire ecosystem strong: torproject.org/donate/donate-…