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Learning from TPA's ADR model

In February 2026, anarcat from the Tor system administration team (TPA) published a post titled \"Keeping track of decisions using the ADR model\".
After reading it, we felt it offered a very practical way to think about proposals, decision-making, and how to write things down so that people can actually find and understand them later.

This post is not a translation of the original article. Instead, it is our own summary and reflection on:

  • what problem TPA was trying to solve with ADRs,
  • what they actually changed in their process,
  • how other projects handle proposals and decisions, and
  • how this connects to the context we are familiar with.

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Report: The Internet Coup

In mid-September, you may have noticed something significant: approximately 500GB of data was made public. This data pertains to China's Great Firewall (GFW) technology and how this system is exported and implemented in other authoritarian regimes.

InterSecLab, a digital security-focused laboratory, became aware of this leaked data around December 2024 and promptly took action. Over the course of 10 months, they collaborated with several organizations and tech communities to verify and analyze the leaked data. The findings were published in a report released on September 12, 2025.

Although we (Anonymous Network Community) did not assist in the initial stages, after the report was released, we quickly reviewed its content. The report confirmed many of the long-suspected capabilities of the Great Firewall. Furthermore, the report provided a clearer picture of the teams and organizations operating behind the scenes. Their development environment is similar to that of modern startup teams, with operations and maintenance for international deployments being remotely executable. In other words, the Chinese Communist Party government and other client countries can activate customized or general rules with a single click!