rdarkContact tordark
The way to contact tordark is by encrypted message, and this page explains why that is the only channel offered and how to use it safely. As a research project with no accounts and no commercial relationships, tordark keeps its contact surface deliberately small. Encrypted, signed correspondence is the one method that lets both sides confirm who they are actually talking to.
Encrypted email only
Correspondence is handled exclusively through PGP-encrypted email, at tordark.contact@atomicmail.io. Encryption keeps the contents of a message private in transit, and a signature lets the recipient confirm that a message genuinely came from the person it claims to. tordark keeps public profiles on X and Reddit for announcements only; they are not used for correspondence or verification, because unverified channels are exactly where impersonation thrives. A message that asks you to act, arriving through any channel other than signed email, should be treated as suspect.
The public key
To write securely, a correspondent needs the project's public key, and to trust a reply, they need its fingerprint. Both are published here so they can be checked against any signed message. The public key can be downloaded directly, and its fingerprint is: 8F2F 6A9F 59CE B709 D91E FF69 9802 99FE 86E0 C051. Any message presented as coming from tordark whose signature does not verify against this key should be treated as an impersonation, regardless of the address it appears to come from.
How to verify a reply
Every genuine reply from the project is signed with the key above, so verifying it takes one step: validate the signature against the published fingerprint. If the signature checks out, the message is authentic; if it does not, the message is not from tordark, regardless of the address it appears to come from. This is the same verification discipline the rest of the site teaches, applied to its own correspondence. The full method is documented on the methodology page.
What to expect
tordark is a small editorial project, not a support desk, so correspondence is read selectively and a reply is not guaranteed. Useful messages tend to be corrections backed by a citable source, which the project welcomes and acts on through its stated corrections process. Requests that ask the project to endorse a service or to act as anyone's representative will not receive one, because independence is the point of the work.