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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

We advance internet freedom by supporting research, development, & implementation projects that fight censorship, increase privacy, & improve security online. opentech.fund Washington, DC Joined January 2012
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2 days ago

New research from the @OpenTechFund shows alarming security issues affecting major VPN providers with over 700 million users worldwide. Using @opencorporates' data, researchers were able to analyze ownership structures and trace their real controllers. eu1.hubs.ly/H0mSgfQ0

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AppCensorship @AppCensorship

3 days ago

Vital research from @bmixonbaca 👇Transparency of VPN providers matters. Users can also study where their VPN apps are available via applecensorship.com & googlecensorship.org For ex, unavailability in the EU, may indicate GDPR compliance issues.

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

5 days ago

Vital research from @bmixonbaca 👇Transparency of VPN providers matters. Users can also study where their VPN apps are available via applecensorship.com & googlecensorship.org For ex, unavailability in the EU, may indicate GDPR compliance issues.

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AmneziaVPN @AmneziaVPN

3 days ago

Have you seen the latest VPN research from @OpenTechFund? Turns out, around 20 popular services that present themselves as independent (and even as “competitors”) may actually belong to the same developers. Among them: Turbo VPN, Turbo VPN Lite, VPN Proxy Master, Snap VPN, VPN…

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

3 days ago

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @Atredis’ recent audit of LeapVPN found that the #OpenSource tool is securely designed and aligned with best practices for mobile VPN development. Learn more and access the full audit report: ow.ly/73FZ50WOcjn

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

5 days ago

New research from @OpenTechFund’s ICFP Fellow @bmixonbaca includes analysis of 16 commercial VPN apps that are popular in authoritarian contexts. Learn about their suspicious operations and security issues: ow.ly/LqQH50WPIcI

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

4 weeks ago

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @ROSecurity’s recent audit of @OpenObservatory found that their services and architecture are securely designed. Learn more and access the full audit report: ow.ly/kIM750WCUlt

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

2 months ago

.@ChinaFile’s Jessica Batke and @LauraEdelson2, authors of a new report that reshapes our understanding of Chinese censorship, spoke to the @washingtonpost’s @NorthropKatrina about how the “Locknet” works. ow.ly/zelH50Wq6vi

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Laura Edelson @LauraEdelson2

2 months ago

I talked to @NorthropKatrina for this piece on China's digital ID system. It's a great example of two key features of the Locknet: 1) different aspects of the censorship system reinforce each other, and 2) pushing the policeman into citizens heads. wapo.st/4kBkkEc

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Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ

2 months ago

“Scholarly works…held that the main goal of China’s internet censorship was to forestall protests…Leaders have a much larger ambition…to remake the…information landscape such that it alters what citizens know, and even what they think.” @ChinaFile locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/in…

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2 months ago

The Locknet: How China Controls Its Internet and Why It Matters -> very important and updated review of censorship mechanisms in China locknet.chinafile.com/the-locknet/in…

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

2 months ago

New @OpenTechFund-supported research reshapes our understanding of Chinese censorship. It's not simply a “firewall," it’s a “locknet”—a dynamic, mutil-layered system of total information control.

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ChinaFile @ChinaFile

2 months ago

New @OpenTechFund-supported research reshapes our understanding of Chinese censorship. It's not simply a “firewall," it’s a “locknet”—a dynamic, mutil-layered system of total information control.

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Open Technology Fund @OpenTechFund

2 months ago

.@OpenTechFund’s UXD Lab has provided more than 190 usability-support engagements for internet freedom tools. Learn more about the Lab and other key results from our internet freedom work: ow.ly/aCxZ50VrOHW

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