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by micaksica 3504 days ago
Welcome to the fray.

First: decide what your skills are, and where you can contribute.

Try the Tor Project first: https://www.torproject.org/getinvolved/volunteer.html.en

The community is great there and very accepting of newbies that have the skills.

Signal / open whisper systems also are open source and accept pull requests:

https://github.com/whispersystems/

Read the anonbib:

http://freehaven.net/anonbib/

Also, there are other mixnet/darknet projects that could use help, such as i2p:

https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved

And if you want decentralized, mesh communications, cjdns and the Hyperboria experiment:

https://hyperboria.net/

Don't forget: if you are a developer, you actually make money, too. Vote with your dollars as well - donate to these persons. Many are 501c3's and it is tax deductible for you.