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Alexander Hansen Færøy

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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: ahf.me

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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 01/09/2026
Today is September 1st, and we've reached the point where Tor 0.4.8.x is no more. We announced the sunsetting period earlier this year in our blog post at blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-t... Thanks to everybody who helped us out with testing, feedback, and making this transition happen! <3
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Sunsetting Tor 0.4.8 – Please update to 0.4.9 by September | Tor Project
We want to sunset Tor 0.4.8. Please update before September.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 19/06/2026
Also, now that #LibreSSL also supports the hybrid handshake, we need to roll a C Tor release that enabled the PQC group when Tor's compiled against LibreSSL. I will take a look at that next week! This should enable PQC for our #OpenBSD based Tor relays.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 19/06/2026
I hope we can get these numbers up in the near future. This upgrade requires more from the relay operators than our usual upgrades, as it depends upon an operating system-level upgrade of the underlying crypto libraries. Thanks to all the relay operators keeping their relays up-to-date! 🥳
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 19/06/2026
I’ve uploaded a list of relays and their scan results from yesterday on ahf.me/tor-tls-pqc/... and wrote an email to the tor-relays@ mailing-list summarising the results in lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
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2026-06-18: Tor Post-Quantum TLS Status - Alexander Hansen Færøy's Homepage
The homepage of Alexander Hansen Færøy
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 19/06/2026
The transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography in the #Tor network’s #TLS layer is making progress! 😎 We are now at 44.57% of relays supporting the X25519MLKEM768 hybrid handshake. This number is up from 34.65% in March earlier this year. #cryptography #postquantumcryptography #pqc
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 04/03/2026
Ja mand, denne gang var det så kort jeg var i byen desværre :-( Det var lige før juletid.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 05/02/2026
Notes and slides from the #FOSDEM #Tor Relay Operator meetup: - Notes: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp... - Slides: ahf.me/talks/2026/0... Thanks to everybody who joined ❤️ We will definitely try to run one of these meetups again at FOSDEM in 2027!
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[tor-relays] Re: Tor Relay Operator Meetup at FOSDEM 2026 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 30/01/2026
Off to #FOSDEM. See you all soon! 🥳
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 28/01/2026
Just sent out an update to the #Tor relay operator community on the upcoming stabilization of C Tor 0.4.9.x. We hope relay operators with multiple relays will upgrade quickly and enable the Happy Families system, so we can deprecate the MyFamily system quickly: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp...
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Upcoming Stabilization of Tor 0.4.9.x - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 22/01/2026
If you're attending #FOSDEM and have an interest in the Tor network and/or #Tor relay/bridge operation, we welcome you to join our Tor Relay Operator Meetup. It will take place on Sunday, the 1st of February, from 13:00 to 14:00, in the room H.3244. For more info: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
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FOSDEM 2026 - Tor Relay Operator Meetup
Welcome to the Official FOSDEM Tor Relay Operator Meetup. This BOF is for current or up-and-coming Tor Relay or Bridge operators interested in meeting like-minded people for an hour-long session with…
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 06/01/2026
Just sent my brain dump of what happened at the #Tor Relay Operators Meetup during #39c3 to the tor-relays@ list: lists.torproject.org/mailman3/hyp... Thanks to everybody who joined! 🥳
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[tor-relays] Re: Tor Relay Operator Meetup at 39c3 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 31/12/2025
Back home in Copenhagen after a long December with travels to Mexico City for work meetings, Karlsruhe for a wonderful Christmas, and finally Hamburg for #39c3. It was nice to see all the friends, colleagues, and family during this month, and now it's time to sleep and recharge 🪫
Light installation from 39c3.
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Phoenix R&D @phoenixrd.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
We will be at #39C3 and we brought something exciting: Invitation codes for the beta phase of Air, our new secure messenger based on MLS! ✨ Hit us up if you’d like to join the beta with your friends. You can also follow @air.ms, where we’ll post updates over time.
Invitation cards in front of the ALL CREATURES WELCOME banner

AIR
• No phone number or email
• End-to-end encrypted
• No metadata retention
• Open-source
• Post-quantum secure
• Based on Messaging
Layer Security (MLS) and open standards
• EU-based
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 27/12/2025
Leibi has managed to get a spot for a #Tor Relay Operator Meetup at #39c3. Join us on day 3 at 00:00 🥳 See more info at events.ccc.de/congress/202...
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[39c3] Tor Relay Operators Meetup
Official 39C3 Tor Relay Operators Meetup supported by the Tor Project. As always, TROMs are open for everyone who is running a relay, wants to run a relay or just thinks about it. 🙂 At this point we...
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 26/12/2025
We are a couple of folks from the Tor community around this year. I will mostly be hanging out in the #BornHack village in Hall H (near the #ColdNorth cluster).
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 26/12/2025
On my way to #39c3. I should arrive in the afternoon. As always, I am looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues again in Hamburg. If you are interested in discussing some of the work we have been doing over the past year or so at @torproject.org on #tor, #arti, etc., feel free to reach out 🥳
Sign at the train station reading "Frankfurt am Main Hbf".
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 22/12/2025
You can do this either with the `module_blacklist` kernel argument or via `/etc/modprobe.d/` and re-generating your grub environment with `grub2-mkconfig`.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 22/12/2025
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
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 20/12/2025
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!
A map showing the Atlantic Ocean with a marker a bit north of Ireland, where the University of Copenhagen's Computer Science department is supposedly now located.
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 19/12/2025
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The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online
Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 11/12/2025
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! 😎
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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...
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 10/12/2025
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
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 08/12/2025
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
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State of the Onion 2025 – Community Day
YouTube video by The Tor Project
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 24/11/2025
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-...
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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...
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Nathan Freitas @nathan.freitas.net · 14/11/2025
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
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 12/11/2025
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
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State of the Onion 2025
YouTube video by The Tor Project
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 24/10/2025
Ugh! Okay that sucks - I have never tried it, but I think at the police station at CPH airport can print me a temporary passport in that situation :S
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 15/10/2025
Ugh, reminds me of Nokia's travel booking system that booked a trip for me to the US with my surname being "F .r 0y". I wasn't allowed to board that airplane 😂
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 14/10/2025
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Support tools that break the chains of censorship and surveillance
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James 🔒 = 🕊️ @jamesfarrell.me · 08/10/2025
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
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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.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 31/07/2025
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...
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Tor People @ WHY2025 - tor-relays - lists.torproject.org
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 18/06/2025
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!
OHM light giving a red, alerting, light.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 02/03/2025
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...
Two speakers at BornHack on stage with a very home-made BornHack banner.
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Raphael Robert @raphaelrobert.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 31/01/2025
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 🏕️
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 30/01/2025
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.
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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...
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 21/01/2025
Hopefully for the last time? Next scheduled update: 2029-01-20 😜 #OpenPGP #Tor
Colonel Toad meme saying: "Gang, it is with great pleasure to inform you that I have updated the expiry time of my OpenPGP key."
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 08/01/2025
Hvad er talspil her? Interessant liste dog!
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 06/01/2025
Instagram, Tiktok, YouTube's korte videoer, osv. har (så vidt jeg ved) alle en lille tekst et sted hvor de skriver hvilken musik, der spilles. Jeg bruger stadig Shazam til at finde track info, men Google's Pixel telefoner har også en feature "der lytter med" og viser hvilken musik, der spilles.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 06/01/2025
Babe, wake up, the holographic #tor relay operator tracksuit, with a funky fresh circuit pattern on it, just dropped!
The 2025 Tor Relay Operator uniform: A holographic tracksuit with featuring a Circuit Pattern.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 06/01/2025
Nej. Jeg oplever også en del nyt musik den vej. Jeg er virkelig glad for at mange sider er begyndt at vise hvilket stykke musik, der spilles. Førhen skulle man gøre alt muligt snask for at finde ud af hvor folk havde snuppet et stykke musik fra.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 05/01/2025
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
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Arti Status From the Network Team - Alexander Hansen Færøy
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 04/01/2025
Took advantage of the holiday break to tackle my LEGO backlog a bit 🎉 #StarWars #LEGO #BrickHeadz
LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz figures on a wooden table.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 28/12/2024
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
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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...
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 27/12/2024
Did you bring stickers that you wish to distribute to hackers at #38c3? Feel free to drop some off at the #BornHack sticker exchange table in the Cold North cluster! 🥳
Stickers on a table at 38c3.
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 27/12/2024
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 🥳
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 26/12/2024
On our way to Hamburg and #38c3 after a lovely Christmas break with the German family! 🥳
Sunrise at Karlsruhe train station
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Alexander Hansen Færøy @ahf.me · 24/11/2024
The suffering, misery, and pain of using LaTeX for making presentations are insignificant compared to the suffering, misery, and pain of not using LaTeX for making presentations.
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Tor Project @torproject.org · 18/11/2024
URGENT FOR US based folks: Tell your reps to vote NO on H.R. 9495! This dangerous bill would give the Trump administration unilateral power to label any non-profit as terrorist supporting and shut it down without due process. Learn more here: ℹ️ www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...
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URGENT: Tell your reps to vote NO on H.R. 9495!
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