Close Tails donate infrastructure in favor of Tor's

This is the parent ticket for managing closing Tails donation infrastructure and rerouting / redirecting / subsuming it with the Tor donate infrastructure.

Our taskforce pad is here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/MjJS8FQrcqaAi7TjtX9n-tails-%26-tor-donor-merge-keep

For this ticket, Tails donate infrastructure means:

• https://tails.net/donate/
  • PayPal (backend for web donations)
• Bitcoin & Monero wallets listed on https://tails.net/donate/
• Postal address for checks & cash listed on https://tails.net/donate/
• Bank account for bank transfers (currently a CCT-held account) listed on https://tails.net/donate/

And Tor donate infrastructure means:

• https://donate.torproject.org
• Bitcoin & Monero wallets listed on https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency
• Postal address for checks & cash listed on https://donate.torproject.org/faq/#faqDonate3a
• Bank account for bank transfers https://donate.torproject.org/faq/#faqDonate2a

changed due date to June 30, 2025

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Hi Al @smith, @susan, and others: I'm done with all the child items I had committed to take care of. The Tails donate page now points exclusively to Tor donation channels

Amazing. Thank you!

@bokonon, I see the child ticket assigned to you, I totally forgot about it -- let's add this to our 1:1 so we can figure out what we need to do next?

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Relatedly, tracking the work to update /about/supporters here: tpo/web/tpo#488

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