# Andrew's June 2014 ## General
- Started working on a certification program for the increasing number of vendors coming to us wanting our endorsement and advice for their products. It seems privacy is the new keyword to have in your product, and Tor is the leading brand in this space. - Funded some more research at University of Waterloo - Conducted a number of press interviews about donations, Tor usage spike in Russia, and Snowden revelations impact on Tor - Talked to some experts on human trafficking and female genital mutilation and providing private support forums for victims - Had an odd phone call with the someone claiming to be a CIA analyst interested in learning more about Tor and how it works. Their phone number did resolve to the CIA HQ in Virginia. - Talked to a member of parliament in Iceland about Internet censorship in Iceland. - Helped prepare for the Tor Dev meeting in Paris, https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2014SummerDevMeeting - Applied for more funding through grants - Started working on Stripe payments integration to our donations page, https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11678 - Started working on renewing a bunch of our contractors through December 2014. ## Press interviews this month - http://www.dailydot.com/politics/tor-embargo-donation/ - http://secuobs.com/revue/news/520667.shtml - http://5feet12inches.tumblr.com/post/90161107471/descentintotyranny-as-kremlin-tightens-reach -- Andrew pgp 0x6B4D6475 https://www.torproject.org/ +1-781-948-1982 _______________________________________________ tor-reports mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-reports
