Alexander Hansen Færøy
@ahf.me
Network Team Lead at @TorProject.org. He/him.
Interested in privacy-enhancing technologies, cryptography, censorship, security, free software, and distributed systems.
Posts about #BornHack, #LEGO, #photography, and #homebrewing.
Web: https://ahf.me/
Interested in privacy-enhancing technologies, cryptography, censorship, security, free software, and distributed systems.
Posts about #BornHack, #LEGO, #photography, and #homebrewing.
Web: https://ahf.me/
I've been using Qubes 4.3 in the RC phase on my Framework 13 laptop. I usually go with kernel-latest, but started seeing a bootup freeze right after the amdgpu driver was initialized. I solved this by manually blocking the `amdxdna` driver from loading.
#qubesos #framework
#qubesos #framework
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I've been using Qubes 4.3 in the RC phase on my Framework 13 laptop. I usually go with kernel-latest, but started seeing a bootup freeze right after the amdgpu driver was initialized. I solved this by manually blocking the `amdxdna` driver from loading.
#qubesos #framework
#qubesos #framework
En route from Mexico City to Amsterdam, the infotainment system showed our current location and highlighted exciting local attractions. Thanks to this, I learned that the University of Copenhagen's Computer Science department has moved to its new location!
December 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
En route from Mexico City to Amsterdam, the infotainment system showed our current location and highlighted exciting local attractions. Thanks to this, I learned that the University of Copenhagen's Computer Science department has moved to its new location!
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
Are you a project management leader passionate about privacy and human rights? 🌍🌐 The Tor Project needs a Team Lead for Project & Grant Management. Work across engineering and fundraising to ensure impactful work gets delivered on time. Visit our job listings: www.torproject.org/about/jobs/t...
The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
www.torproject.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Are you a project management leader passionate about privacy and human rights? 🌍🌐 The Tor Project needs a Team Lead for Project & Grant Management. Work across engineering and fundraising to ensure impactful work gets delivered on time. Visit our job listings: www.torproject.org/about/jobs/t...
This year, we managed to pull together a small #Tor community gathering here in Denmark. Georg has written a blog post about the process and the event itself at blog.torproject.org/bringing-tor...
More events like this will happen in 2026! 😎
More events like this will happen in 2026! 😎
Twenty contributors, three days, one goal: Bringing the Tor community together | Tor Project
What does it take for a distributed community to organize its own gathering from scratch? Earlier this year, a group of Tor folks set out to prove that community-organized meetings can work on a shoes...
blog.torproject.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This year, we managed to pull together a small #Tor community gathering here in Denmark. Georg has written a blog post about the process and the event itself at blog.torproject.org/bringing-tor...
More events like this will happen in 2026! 😎
More events like this will happen in 2026! 😎
Tor's 2025 State of the Onion - Community Day is about to begin!
You can follow it at xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion or via more ancient IP technology at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
#tor
You can follow it at xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion or via more ancient IP technology at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
#tor
December 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tor's 2025 State of the Onion - Community Day is about to begin!
You can follow it at xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion or via more ancient IP technology at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
#tor
You can follow it at xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion or via more ancient IP technology at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
#tor
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
Community contributions are what power Tor, tune in Wed, Dec 10 at 1700 UTC for day 2 of our State of the Onion to hear directly from @ooni.org, The Guardian Project, @freedom.press, HushLine and more.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
🧅 xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
🧅 xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
State of the Onion 2025 – Community Day
YouTube video by The Tor Project
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Community contributions are what power Tor, tune in Wed, Dec 10 at 1700 UTC for day 2 of our State of the Onion to hear directly from @ooni.org, The Guardian Project, @freedom.press, HushLine and more.
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
🧅 xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVk...
🧅 xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
Tor is upgrading its #relay encryption with a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). CGO prevents attackers from tampering with encrypted traffic, adds forward secrecy, and brings Tor's encryption up to modern standards. blog.torproject.org/introducing-...
Counter Galois Onion: Improved encryption for Tor circuit traffic | Tor Project
Tor is upgrading its relay encryption algorithm for improved security. In upcoming releases, Arti and Tor will both support a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). CGO prevents a...
blog.torproject.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tor is upgrading its #relay encryption with a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). CGO prevents attackers from tampering with encrypted traffic, adds forward secrecy, and brings Tor's encryption up to modern standards. blog.torproject.org/introducing-...
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
On World Kindness Day, learn how you can be kind by sharing your uncensored IP and bandwidth to help Tor users around the world guardianproject.info/2025/11/13/k... cc @torproject.org #worldkindnessday
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
On World Kindness Day, learn how you can be kind by sharing your uncensored IP and bandwidth to help Tor users around the world guardianproject.info/2025/11/13/k... cc @torproject.org #worldkindnessday
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
We're live in about half an hour 📺💜🧅:
on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTDt...
on Tor Browser as an Onion Service: xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTDt...
on Tor Browser as an Onion Service: xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
State of the Onion 2025
YouTube video by The Tor Project
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're live in about half an hour 📺💜🧅:
on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTDt...
on Tor Browser as an Onion Service: xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTDt...
on Tor Browser as an Onion Service: xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
🧅 Tor is a building block for a free internet that protects your privacy. As a nonprofit, we rely on donations to power our tools that are trusted by millions.
Donate today to build a better internet for tomorrow and take advantage of our match!
torproject.org/donate/donat...
Donate today to build a better internet for tomorrow and take advantage of our match!
torproject.org/donate/donat...
Donate to the Tor Project
Support tools that break the chains of censorship and surveillance
torproject.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🧅 Tor is a building block for a free internet that protects your privacy. As a nonprofit, we rely on donations to power our tools that are trusted by millions.
Donate today to build a better internet for tomorrow and take advantage of our match!
torproject.org/donate/donat...
Donate today to build a better internet for tomorrow and take advantage of our match!
torproject.org/donate/donat...
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal.
Privacy = Freedom - there's a reason why your vote is private
Please take 3 mins follow the form which emails your local politicians: fightchatcontrol.eu
Privacy = Freedom - there's a reason why your vote is private
Please take 3 mins follow the form which emails your local politicians: fightchatcontrol.eu
Fight Chat Control - Protect Digital Privacy in the EU
Learn about the EU Chat Control proposal and contact your representatives to protect digital privacy and encryption.
fightchatcontrol.eu
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal.
Privacy = Freedom - there's a reason why your vote is private
Please take 3 mins follow the form which emails your local politicians: fightchatcontrol.eu
Privacy = Freedom - there's a reason why your vote is private
Please take 3 mins follow the form which emails your local politicians: fightchatcontrol.eu
Just dropped an email[1] to the tor-relays@ mailing list to figure out which #Tor relay operators are attending the upcoming #WHY2025 hacker camp in the Netherlands.
Check out this thread or here for announcements of the time and date for a meetup 🥳
[1]: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
Check out this thread or here for announcements of the time and date for a meetup 🥳
[1]: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
Tor People @ WHY2025 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
lists.torproject.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just dropped an email[1] to the tor-relays@ mailing list to figure out which #Tor relay operators are attending the upcoming #WHY2025 hacker camp in the Netherlands.
Check out this thread or here for announcements of the time and date for a meetup 🥳
[1]: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
Check out this thread or here for announcements of the time and date for a meetup 🥳
[1]: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
The #BornHack 2025 program is starting to take shape. Thanks to everybody who has contributed with content! We still have submissions in the queue, but we also have space for more events!
If you are considering hosting a talk, workshop, lightning talk, etc., now is a perfect time to submit it!
If you are considering hosting a talk, workshop, lightning talk, etc., now is a perfect time to submit it!
June 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The #BornHack 2025 program is starting to take shape. Thanks to everybody who has contributed with content! We still have submissions in the queue, but we also have space for more events!
If you are considering hosting a talk, workshop, lightning talk, etc., now is a perfect time to submit it!
If you are considering hosting a talk, workshop, lightning talk, etc., now is a perfect time to submit it!
The #BornHack 2025 Call for Participation is now open! 🥳
Please submit the content before the 1st of June! BornHack is a participatory-driven event, so we highly encourage first-time presenters to submit content! 😎
Information on how to submit content can be found at bornhack.dk/bornhack-202...
Please submit the content before the 1st of June! BornHack is a participatory-driven event, so we highly encourage first-time presenters to submit content! 😎
Information on how to submit content can be found at bornhack.dk/bornhack-202...
March 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The #BornHack 2025 Call for Participation is now open! 🥳
Please submit the content before the 1st of June! BornHack is a participatory-driven event, so we highly encourage first-time presenters to submit content! 😎
Information on how to submit content can be found at bornhack.dk/bornhack-202...
Please submit the content before the 1st of June! BornHack is a participatory-driven event, so we highly encourage first-time presenters to submit content! 😎
Information on how to submit content can be found at bornhack.dk/bornhack-202...
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
MLS is efficient, but what does that mean in practice?
This paper sheds some light on the question by building a test framework for OpenMLS.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18303
This paper sheds some light on the question by building a test framework for OpenMLS.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18303
arxiv.org
February 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
MLS is efficient, but what does that mean in practice?
This paper sheds some light on the question by building a test framework for OpenMLS.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18303
This paper sheds some light on the question by building a test framework for OpenMLS.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18303
I'll be in Brussels for #FOSDEM for the weekend. I look forward to hanging out with friends and colleagues from the #FOSS community! 🥳
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to @TorProject.org, Arti, Onion Services, #privacy, etc. I will also happily chat about #BornHack 🏕️
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to @TorProject.org, Arti, Onion Services, #privacy, etc. I will also happily chat about #BornHack 🏕️
January 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'll be in Brussels for #FOSDEM for the weekend. I look forward to hanging out with friends and colleagues from the #FOSS community! 🥳
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to @TorProject.org, Arti, Onion Services, #privacy, etc. I will also happily chat about #BornHack 🏕️
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to @TorProject.org, Arti, Onion Services, #privacy, etc. I will also happily chat about #BornHack 🏕️
Reposted by Alexander Hansen Færøy
We want to draw attention to one of the new Administration's Executive Orders that directly impacts the freedom tools that people around the world depend on to fight censorship, and protect their security and anonymity.
Executive Order to the State Department Sideswipes Freedom Tools, Threatens Censorship Resistance, Privacy, and Anonymity of Millions
In the first weeks of the Trump Administration, we have witnessed a spate of sweeping, confusing, and likely unconstitutional executive orders, including some that have already had devastating human c...
www.eff.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We want to draw attention to one of the new Administration's Executive Orders that directly impacts the freedom tools that people around the world depend on to fight censorship, and protect their security and anonymity.
During the #38c3 #Tor Relay Operator meetup, I provided an update on @TorProject.org's work on the Arti project. The focus was on the project's next phase: implementing relay support in Arti.
The slides are now available from
The slides are now available from
Arti Status From the Network Team - Alexander Hansen Færøy
Alexander Hansen Færøy
ahf.me
January 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
During the #38c3 #Tor Relay Operator meetup, I provided an update on @TorProject.org's work on the Arti project. The focus was on the project's next phase: implementing relay support in Arti.
The slides are now available from
The slides are now available from
January 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Looking forward to tonight's talk from Hiro and @0xggus.bsky.social about their fantastic work on keeping the @torproject.org Network healthy. The talk is tonight at 20:30 in Hall Zigzag: events.ccc.de/congress/202...
#38c3 #tor #torproject
#38c3 #tor #torproject
38c3: Guardians of the Onion: Ensuring the Health and Resilience of the Tor Network
This talk is designed to give an overview of Tor's 'new and not-so-new' network health initiatives in response to some of the pressing questions that emerged from the recent reporting about Tor in Ger...
events.ccc.de
December 28, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Looking forward to tonight's talk from Hiro and @0xggus.bsky.social about their fantastic work on keeping the @torproject.org Network healthy. The talk is tonight at 20:30 in Hall Zigzag: events.ccc.de/congress/202...
#38c3 #tor #torproject
#38c3 #tor #torproject
I'm at #38c3 for the next few days. I look forward to seeing friends and colleagues from the hacker community for another hopefully great event here in Hamburg!
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to #Tor. I'm mostly hanging out in the #BornHack space in the Cold North area 🥳
Reach out if you want to talk about anything related to #Tor. I'm mostly hanging out in the #BornHack space in the Cold North area 🥳
December 27, 2024 at 8:32 AM