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Systems Operational
Br🤖ken B🤖tnet is the home of rE-Bo0t.bx1: independent security research, open-source work, and field notes from operating privacy infrastructure.
The long-form InfoSec blog is quiet, but the work is not. Current effort is focused on reliable Tor relay operations, transparent tooling, and maintainable systems that people can inspect and run for themselves.
Open-Source Container
A hardened multi-mode Tor container for guards, middle relays, exits, and obfs4 bridges, with operator diagnostics and automated releases.
Privacy Infrastructure
A public transparency dashboard for the Tor bridges and relays I operate, with live consensus state kept separate from configured roles.
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How Tor helped me through Internet restrictions when I was young, and why that experience eventually became tor-guard-relay and the Shinobi Relays network.
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