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Open Technology Fund Requests Proposals for the Rapid Response Fund
https://www.opentech.fund/news/open-technology-fund-requests-proposals-for-the-rapid-response-fund/
Published: October 6, 2026 21:08
OTF is soliciting proposals from service providers, organizations, and individuals to provide services to our Rapid Response Fund. Apply by 11:59 PM ET on November 23, 2026.
Encrypted from “Hello”: Closing a Long-Standing Privacy Gap in Web Communications
https://www.opentech.fund/news/encrypted-from-hello-closing-a-long-standing-privacy-gap-in-web-communications/
Published: September 30, 2026 19:35
“Encrypted ClientHello” (ECH) for OpenSSL enhances the privacy of not only at-risk communities, but of every internet user in the world.
Open Technology Fund Requests Proposals for Website Redesign Services
https://www.opentech.fund/news/open-technology-fund-requests-proposals-for-website-redesign-services/
Published: September 22, 2026 13:26
OTF seeks proposals to update our website so that it better aligns with users’ information needs, and reflects our commitment to transparency and openness.
Information Controls Research Program Solicitation: Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.opentech.fund/news/icrp-solicitation-frequently-asked-questions/
Published: August 25, 2026 22:20
Frequently asked questions about the ICRP application.
Request for Proposals: Impact & Engagement Lab
https://www.opentech.fund/news/request-for-proposals-impact-engagement-lab-2/
Published: April 13, 2026 13:47
OTF is soliciting proposals from service providers, organizations, and individuals to provide services to our Impact & Engagement Lab. Apply by 11:59 PM PDT on May 15, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions: Security Lab RFP
https://www.opentech.fund/news/frequently-asked-questions-security-lab-rfp/
Published: March 5, 2026 14:39
Answers to the Frequently Asked Questions about the Security Lab's Request for Proposals
How OTF’s Security Lab Improves Internet Freedom Technologies
https://www.opentech.fund/news/how-otfs-security-lab-improves-internet-freedom-technologies/
Published: February 5, 2026 16:58
The Security Lab strengthens the security of open source internet freedom software by providing security audits, advancing project software security best practices, validating project privacy and security claims, and more.
Request for Proposals: Security Lab
https://www.opentech.fund/news/request-for-proposals-security-lab/
Published: February 5, 2026 16:05
OTF is soliciting proposals from Information Security professionals and organizations to provide services to our Security Lab. Apply by March 16, 2026.
Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters: An analysis of transparency vs. anonymity in the VPN ecosystem, and implications for users
https://www.opentech.fund/news/who-owns-operates-and-develops-your-vpn-matters-an-analysis-of-transparency-vs-anonymity-in-the-vpn-ecosystem-and-implications-for-users/
Published: September 2, 2025 13:40
New research: Eight popular, commercial VPN apps operate deceptively and put more than 700 million users at risk of authoritarian surveillance.
The Threat of State-Level Surveillance Using HTTPS Interception
https://www.opentech.fund/news/the-threat-of-state-level-surveillance-using-https-interception/
Published: May 5, 2025 17:44
ICRP Researcher Alexandra Dirksen examined how authoritarian efforts to gain control of network infrastructure domestically creates the conditions that facilitate HTTPS interception—threatening the privacy of millions.