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 Library Freedom Project helping American public libraries to protect
 their patrons’ right to free expression with Tor [XXX]; a significant
 community-chosen donation by Reddit to the Tor Project [XXX]; credits
-for Tor and Tails in an Academy Award-winning documentary film; and of
-course the daily software development, research, and innovation that
-ensure security and anonymity for millions of Internet users around the
-world. Last month we were even able to lead our hundredth issue with the
-wonderful news that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of
-opinion and expression has endorsed the Tor Project’s work in his latest
-report to the UN Human Rights Council [XXX].
+for Tor and Tails in an Academy Award-winning documentary film [XXX];
+and of course the daily software development, research, and innovation
+that ensure security and anonymity for millions of Internet users around
+the world. Last month we were even able to lead our hundredth issue with
+the wonderful news that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom
+of opinion and expression has endorsed the Tor Project’s work in his
+first report to the UN Human Rights Council [XXX].
 
 We’re always grateful for help and suggestions; if you’d like to get
 involved, see the information below for more details. Many thanks to

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- 1. XXX
- 2. XXX
+ 1. Tor Messenger Third Alpha is out
+ 2. OnionBalance 0.0.1 is out
+ 3. Tor Weekly News turns two
+ 4. Monthly status reports for June 2015
+ 5. Miscellaneous news
+ 6. Upcoming events
 
-Feature XXX
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+Tor Messenger Third Alpha is out
+--------------------------------
 
-Feature 1 with cited source [XXX]
+Sukhbir Singh and Arlo Breault put out a third alpha version [XXX] of
+Tor Messenger, the Instantbird-based instant messaging client with
+Tor and Off-the-Record encryption enabled by default.
 
- [XXX]:
+This release comes with packages for Windows and Mac OS X, as well as
+32-bit and 64-bit Linux. Major improvements include the ability to
+create XMPP accounts in-band (that is, by logging in with the desired
+account credentials, if the chat server supports this), meaning that
+users no longer have to create their accounts beforehand over a non-Tor
+connection; usability improvements to the Off-the-Record extension; an
+installable Arabic language pack, courtesy of Sherief Alaa (with more
+languages to follow); and other network- and application-related
+enhancements.
 
-Monthly status reports for XXX month 2015
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+However, this is still an alpha release: “there may be serious privacy
+leaks and other issues”, so “please DO NOT recommend Tor Messenger to
+end users” just yet. If you’d like to test the software out, please see
+Sukhbir’s announcement for download links and installation instructions,
+then submit your feedback on Tor’s bug tracker [XXX] with the “Tor
+Messenger” component, or on the tor-dev mailing list or IRC channel.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-June/008991.html
+ [XXX]: https://trac.torproject.org
+
+OnionBalance 0.0.1 is out
+-------------------------
+
+Donncha O’Cearbhaill, one of the students participating in the
+first-ever Tor Summer of Privacy [XXX], released the first alpha version
+of his OnionBalance tool [XXX]. OnionBalance “provides load-balancing
+and redundancy for Tor hidden services by distributing client requests
+to multiple backend Tor instances”; if you run an onion service that
+handles a large number of client requests, or require automatic failover
+in the event that some of your hardware fails or is seized, OnionBalance
+will help to distribute the load evenly and efficiently.
+
+The tool is currently under heavy development, and “there are likely
+bugs which cause the OnionBalance service to crash or not operate
+correctly”. “I would very much appreciate any feedback or bug reports.
+In particular I would like to improve the documentation and make the
+tool easier for operators to install and run”, writes Donncha. Please
+see the release announcement for further information and installation
+instructions.
+
+ [XXX]: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-summer-privacy-projects
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-July/038312.html
+
+Tor Weekly News turns two
+-------------------------
+
+The first issue of Tor Weekly News was sent out on July 3rd, 2013 [XXX].
+Since the last anniversary, we’ve reported on many positive developments
+in the Tor community: work by Facebook security engineers to offer
+a Tor onion service for the world’s largest social network [XXX]; the
+Library Freedom Project helping American public libraries to protect
+their patrons’ right to free expression with Tor [XXX]; a significant
+community-chosen donation by Reddit to the Tor Project [XXX]; credits
+for Tor and Tails in an Academy Award-winning documentary film; and of
+course the daily software development, research, and innovation that
+ensure security and anonymity for millions of Internet users around the
+world. Last month we were even able to lead our hundredth issue with the
+wonderful news that the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of
+opinion and expression has endorsed the Tor Project’s work in his latest
+report to the UN Human Rights Council [XXX].
+
+We’re always grateful for help and suggestions; if you’d like to get
+involved, see the information below for more details. Many thanks to
+everyone who has helped to write and proofread this newsletter over the
+past two years. 
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-July/028770.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-news/2015-February/000084.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-news/2014-November/000070.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-news/2015-March/000087.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-news/2015-February/000086.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-news/2015-June/000100.html
+
+Monthly status reports for June 2015
+------------------------------------
 
 The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
-month of XXX has begun. XXX released his report first [XXX], followed
-by reports from name 2 [XXX], name 3 [XXX], and name 4 [XXX].
+month of June has begun. Damian Johnson released his report first [XXX]
+(with an update on Nyx development), followed by reports from Karsten
+Loesing [XXX] (on project management and Tor network tools), Jacob
+Appelbaum [XXX] (on outreach and advocacy), David Goulet [XXX] (on
+onion service development), and Pearl Crescent [XXX] (on development of
+Tor Browser and related software).
 
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+Mike Perry sent out the report for the Tor Browser team [XXX].
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-June/000858.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-July/000860.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-July/000861.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-July/000863.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-July/000864.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2015-July/000859.html
 
 Miscellaneous news
 ------------------
 
-Item 1 with cited source [XXX].
+Griffin Boyce offered an update [XXX] on the development status of
+Stormy, the one-click onion service setup tool: “Right now, the scripts
+are undergoing third-party testing to identify any obvious bugs before
+sending them to security auditors”.
 
-Item 2 with cited source [XXX].
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2015-July/008994.html
 
-Item 3 with cited source [XXX].
+Chloe posted details of an experiment [XXX] to detect malicious Tor
+relays that might be stealing usernames and passwords that are not
+protected by HTTPS connections.
 
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
- [XXX]:
+ [XXX]: https://chloe.re/2015/06/20/a-month-with-badonions/
 
-Tor help desk roundup
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+Juha Nurmi warned [XXX] that an attacker is creating fake onion
+addresses that resemble those of popular onion services, including
+ahmia.fi, and using them to interfere with the content of onion pages as
+clients request them. Another update [XXX] gives more information about
+the details of the attack.
 
-Summary of some questions sent to the Tor help desk. 
-
-News from Tor StackExchange
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-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]:
-
-Easy development tasks to get involved with
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-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: 
-
-This week in Tor history
-------------------------
-
-Text with cited source [XXX].
-
- [XXX]: 
-
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-June/038295.html
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2015-July/038318.html
+ 
 Upcoming events
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