We operate one of the largest UK based Tor relay families (a group of relays operated by the same entity) to help people avoid illegal mass surveillance both at home here in the UK and for those elsewhere in the world. The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor’s users employ this network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy.

Offering Tor or VPN services over-the-top of a normal Internet connection is the most common way for people to connect, however misconfigurations and exploits can result in leaked meta data or clear net browsing that can compromise your privacy. The Onion3G design is a closed network between your 3G device/MiFi/modem and the Brass Horn Comms Tor bridges, this may make the collection of Internet Connection Records (and by extension other forms of bulk surveillance) less effective.

Ablative Hosting was originally incorporated to be the first ‘domino’ in a chain of shell companies whose sole purpose was to frustrate a tabled amendment to the Digital Economy Bill 2017. This amendment would compel Auxiliary Service Providers (ISPs) to terminate a customer if they were hosting adult material without complying to the Age Verification mandates. If the ASP did not comply with they would be in breach of the legislation and could be further compelled by a Court Order.

Offering Tor or VPN services over-the-top of a normal Internet connection is the most common way for people to connect, however misconfigurations and exploits can result in leaked meta data or clear net browsing that can compromise your privacy. The OnionDSL design however is a closed network between your DSL modem and the Brass Horn Comms Tor bridges which may make the collection of Internet Connection Records (and by extension other forms of bulk surveillance) less effective.

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act contains within it a provision to punish people with upwards of 2 years in prision if they do not hand over decryption keys when the Police demand them. There are protections within the bill of which one is; (3) For the purposes of this section a person shall be taken to have shown that he was not in possession of a key to protected information at a particular time if—

s53 is a reference to section 53 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. It is an opensource software and hardware combination that destroys all LUKS keyslots on a protected computer if any tampering is detected or a panic switch is triggered to make use of the Paragraph 2 and 3 defences before a RIPA Section 49 notice can be issued. This code is just a thought experiment in defeating bad legislation with open source code.