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Hello,
I am a researcher at the University of Namur (Belgium), and some
of our research focuses on Tor. Recently, we started to
investigate how Tor relay operators install and keep their relays
up to date. This research was motivated by the (somewhat recent)
policy of the Tor Project to exclude outdated relays from the
network.
As part of this research, we would like to interview relay
operators to understand how they install and keep Tor up to date
and what they think of the Tor Project policy. If you run, or used
to run, Tor relay(s) and are willing to dedicate ~30 minutes of
your time, let us know!
Your participation will inform our current research about how Tor
relay operators manage their relay(s). It will also provide
community feedback to the Tor Project about their policy once our
results are published.
Interviews can be done either online (during the week of 2-6
February 2026, via Framatalk https://framatalk.org/abc/en/)
or in person during FOSDEM in Brussels (31 January & 1
February 2026, https://fosdem.org/2026).
To participate:
- Contact me via email (jules.dejaeghere@xxxxxxxxx,
PGP 0xEB4CC38446E3F82F) or Signal (@julesd.01)
- Specify how you want to participate (online via Framatalk, or
in person at FOSDEM) and what time slots work for you
In practice:
- The interview will be audio recorded for analysis by the
research team
- You can stop the interview at any time, and your answers will
be deleted
- The interview can be held either in English or in French
You'll find attached the full consent form we will ask
participants to sign, which describes how the data collected will
be processed. If you have any additional questions, you can
contact me.
Regards,
Jules Dejaeghere
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