Every Tor bridge is a compromise between stealth, speed, and convenience.
Choose wisely.
Sam Bent
contact@sambent.com
npub1y7rv...d0r3
Journalist | OSINT & OPSEC Specialist | Darknet Expert (Ex Vendor & DNM Admin) | DEFCON/SANS Speaker | Youtuber | Social Engineer | Author | Paralegal
I made this music video for fun. It took 4 hours.
I call it "Burn the Ledger".
It's about Agorism, Freedom, and the Fed.
I had fun.
Tor Browser 16.0a2 lands with a Firefox 147 base,
OpenSSL 3.5.5 security patches, and the first glimpse of life after ESR.
The fact that "Bitcoin privacy best practices" is a 47-page guide
while Monero's is "send it" tells you everything about which chain respects your time and freedom.
Europol Raids X Over Crimes That Don't Exist...
A Macron loyalist filed a complaint because he didn't like X's algorithm,
and now Europol is calling it a child exploitation investigation.
Cross-site scripting attacks explained in detail with real-world examples.
"XSS vulnerabilities are among the most prevalent security issues on the web."
๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐-๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ by Jeremiah Grossman (2002)
The Tor Project released Arti 2.0.0 on February 2, 2026,
advancing relay infrastructure and eliminating legacy configuration options as the Rust-based implementation moves toward replacing C tor entirely.
Sam Bent
Arti 2.0.0 Ships: Tor Rust Rewrite Hits Major Milestone
The Tor Project released Arti 2.0.0 on February 2, 2026, advancing relay infrastructure and eliminating legacy configuration options as the Rust-ba...
Asking the surveillance state to pardon someone for resisting the surveillance state while handing them your identity on a silver platter is not the way.
Germany is debanking journalists and critics without explanation.
The IRS offered $625K to crack Monero's privacy and nobody claimed it.
This is why governments hate it.
Switzerland's government is forcing every VPN and encrypted messenger with 5,000+ users to
collect your passport and decrypt your communications on demand.
This bypasses their famous direct democracy entirely.
Watch:
Sam Bent
Tor Browser 15 Strips AI, Patches Critical Exploits
The Tor Project just released version 15.0 with a clear message: you cannot have maximum privacy while sending all your data to AI servers.
The I2P Ecosystem Explodes: Multiple
New Router Implementations Signal a Privacy Revolution.
Sam Bent
The I2P Ecosystem Explodes: Multiple New Router Implementations Signal a Privacy Revolution
The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) just announced something remarkable: multiple new, fully-functioning I2P router prototypes have emerged, marki...
The privacy OS now opens Tor Browser to a local page instead of phoning home (why did it do that before?),
while patching critical vulnerabilities and fixing confusing errors.
messages.
Sam Bent
Tails 7.1 Drops Browser Home Phoning, Updates Tor Stack
The privacy OS now opens Tor Browser to a local page instead of phoning home, while patching critical vulnerabilities and fixing confusing error me...
messages.
Sam Bent
Based: Monero Fights 40% Network Spy Nodes with Subnet Filter
The new release implements /24 subnet filtering to disadvantage spy nodes that have been attempting transaction-to-IP correlation since October 2020.
that have been attempting transaction-to-IP correlation since October 2020.
Your VPN promises no logs but hands data to feds, routes DNS through logged servers, and can't distinguish app traffic.
TorVPN provides per-app circuits, virtual DNS endpoints, automatic bridge discovery, and decentralized trust.
Remember when the CIA recommended using Signal (quote on blog)?
That was fun.
Signal just launched paid backups designed by Facebook's former surveillance architect. The same company that stored desktop keys in plaintext for 6 years now wants $1.99/month to store your messages on their servers.
Brave Browser handles 94 million users monthly with zero dependency on Google or Microsoft servers, and Big Tech should be terrified of what this proves.
Sam Bent
Building Anti-Surveillance Infrastructure: Brave's Technical Evolution
Brave Browser handles 94 million users monthly with zero dependency on Google or Microsoft servers, and Big Tech should be terrified of what this p...
At times nordvpn can take up over half a gig.
If the youtuber you watch advises you to use it,
they are NOT looking out for you, they are looking out for a hand out.
They don't give a shit about your OpSec.
Fuck them.
They don't give a shit about your OpSec.
Fuck them.
Syncthing connects your devices directly to each other, eliminating corporate surveillance while navigating complex network security challenges that most users never consider.
Sam Bent
Syncthing Eliminates File Sync Surveillance Through Mesh Architecture
Syncthing connects your devices directly to each other, eliminating corporate surveillance while navigating complex network security challenges tha...
This paper in 1976 revolutionized secure communications by introducing the concept of public-key cryptography, enabling parties to exchange keys securely without prior secret sharing.
https://www-ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/publications/24.pdf
#cryptography 