Open Technology Fund
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We advance internet freedom by supporting research, development, & implementation projects that fight censorship, increase privacy, and improve security online.
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@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner 7ASecurity’s recent audit of AmneziaVPN found that the #OpenSource tool is securely designed.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner 7ASecurity’s recent audit of AmneziaVPN found that the #OpenSource tool is securely designed.
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@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner 0xche's recent audit of Mailvelope found that the #OpenSource tool is securely designed.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner 0xche's recent audit of Mailvelope found that the #OpenSource tool is securely designed.
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New @opentechfund.bsky.social-supported research from @interseclab.bsky.social and partners uncovers how Chinese company Geedge Networks is exporting a comprehensive, turnkey surveillance and censorship system worldwide.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New @opentechfund.bsky.social-supported research from @interseclab.bsky.social and partners uncovers how Chinese company Geedge Networks is exporting a comprehensive, turnkey surveillance and censorship system worldwide.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New research from @opentechfund.bsky.social-supported @interseclab.bsky.social & partners uncovers how a Chinese company exports tools for mass & precision surveillance & censorship—transforming how quickly & easily states can control digital communications (1/2).
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September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New research from @opentechfund.bsky.social-supported @interseclab.bsky.social & partners uncovers how a Chinese company exports tools for mass & precision surveillance & censorship—transforming how quickly & easily states can control digital communications (1/2).
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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Radically Open Security’s recent audit of Tails found that the operating system is well designed from a security perspective.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Radically Open Security’s recent audit of Tails found that the operating system is well designed from a security perspective.
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New research from @opentechfund.bsky.social’s ICFP Fellow Benjamin Mixon-Baca includes analysis of 16 commercial VPN apps that are popular in authoritarian contexts.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New research from @opentechfund.bsky.social’s ICFP Fellow Benjamin Mixon-Baca includes analysis of 16 commercial VPN apps that are popular in authoritarian contexts.
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Learn about their suspicious operations, security vulnerabilities, and more:
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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Radically Open Security’s recent audit of @ooni.org found that their services and architecture are securely designed.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Radically Open Security’s recent audit of @ooni.org found that their services and architecture are securely designed.
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@chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke and @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social, authors of a new report that reshapes our understanding of Chinese censorship, spoke to the @washingtonpost.com about how the “Locknet” works.
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July 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke and @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social, authors of a new report that reshapes our understanding of Chinese censorship, spoke to the @washingtonpost.com about how the “Locknet” works.
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Supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social: @chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social explain that Chinese censorship isn’t simply a “firewall, but a “locknet” – a multi-level system of socio-technical controls. (1/4)
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June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Supported by @opentechfund.bsky.social: @chinafile.bsky.social’s Jessica Batke & @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social explain that Chinese censorship isn’t simply a “firewall, but a “locknet” – a multi-level system of socio-technical controls. (1/4)
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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Lab partner @srlabs.bsky.socil's audit of Reproducible Builds’ code found that it is well-configured to mitigate many common hacking risks.
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May 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Lab partner @srlabs.bsky.socil's audit of Reproducible Builds’ code found that it is well-configured to mitigate many common hacking risks.
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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Subgraph’s audit of FileZillaPro Server found that the popular FTP app is well-configured to mitigate many common security risks.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner Subgraph’s audit of FileZillaPro Server found that the popular FTP app is well-configured to mitigate many common security risks.
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[email protected]’s ICFP Fellow Alexandra Dirksen examined how authoritarian efforts to control network infrastructure domestically creates the conditions that facilitate HTTPS interception—threatening the #privacy of millions.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
[email protected]’s ICFP Fellow Alexandra Dirksen examined how authoritarian efforts to control network infrastructure domestically creates the conditions that facilitate HTTPS interception—threatening the #privacy of millions.
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[email protected] received a notification from the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) rescinding the grant terminations the agency issued on March 15, 2025.
OTF contested the termination of funding on March 20.
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OTF contested the termination of funding on March 20.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
[email protected] received a notification from the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) rescinding the grant terminations the agency issued on March 15, 2025.
OTF contested the termination of funding on March 20.
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OTF contested the termination of funding on March 20.
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[email protected] filed a lawsuit yesterday as a last resort to contest the termination of our grant, which would cause irreparable harm to internet freedom technologies and their users in authoritarian countries—especially those in China.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
[email protected] filed a lawsuit yesterday as a last resort to contest the termination of our grant, which would cause irreparable harm to internet freedom technologies and their users in authoritarian countries—especially those in China.
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Learn how @opentechfund.bsky.social is supporting more than 45 million monthly users to access secure circumvention tools, as well as other key results from our work developing pioneering, open source internet freedom tools.
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February 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Learn how @opentechfund.bsky.social is supporting more than 45 million monthly users to access secure circumvention tools, as well as other key results from our work developing pioneering, open source internet freedom tools.
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@opentechfund.bsky.social successes from the last 10+ years supporting internet freedom, our Information Controls Fellowship Program is now accepting applications, plus new digital security and anti-censorship projects!
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January 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social successes from the last 10+ years supporting internet freedom, our Information Controls Fellowship Program is now accepting applications, plus new digital security and anti-censorship projects!
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A note of gratitude, our Security Lab finds 3 state-backed Iranian messenger apps are unsafe, + Advocacy Assembly’s new digital security course—developed w/ @rferl.org.web.brid.gy—features @opentechfund.bsky.social -supported tools!
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December 18, 2024 at 8:01 PM
A note of gratitude, our Security Lab finds 3 state-backed Iranian messenger apps are unsafe, + Advocacy Assembly’s new digital security course—developed w/ @rferl.org.web.brid.gy—features @opentechfund.bsky.social -supported tools!
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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab finds three widely used Iranian messaging apps do not employ E2EE, can monitor websites that users access, and contain other privacy and security vulnerabilities.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:00 PM
@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab finds three widely used Iranian messaging apps do not employ E2EE, can monitor websites that users access, and contain other privacy and security vulnerabilities.
Learn more and access the full audit report:
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Learn more and access the full audit report:
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