We couldn't be happier that one of the most recognized human rights organizations has adopted an onion service to provide greater online protections for those seeking information, support, and advocacy. Amnesty's choice to offer an onion version of their website underlines the role of this open source privacy technology as a vital tool in our shared work of advancing human rights.
🧅 amnestyl337aduwuvpf57irfl54ggtnuera45ygcxzuftwxjvvmpuzqd.onion
ℹ️https://blog.torproject.org/amnesty-international-launches-onion-service/
@torproject can anyone help me understand why the .onion address needs to be so human-unfriendly and not simply amnesty.onion?
@mapto @torproject Yes, it's due how .onion sites work, you're aren't directly connecting to the server of amnesty instead your're connection to another row of 3 Tor nodes. The complicated domain tells your browser where connect to, which usually would do a DNS server or the host file (on Windows).
@voxel @torproject thank you. Your response helped me look up a bit more information regarding further doubts I had
