[tbb-dev] Work left before releasing the first alpha for Tor Bowser on Android

Georg Koppen gk at torproject.org
Tue Mar 13 21:21:00 UTC 2018


Hi all!

While doing roadmapping on Sunday we decided to work towards getting our
first alpha for Tor Browser on Android out in July this year. Sitting
together today we discussed what needs to be done by then. The blockers
for that release are:

1) The first alpha should not be based on Firefox ESR but on the regular
release channel which we tend to follow for the mobile Tor Browser
2) We need to make sure there are no proxy bypasses possible
3) We need good hints for our users that this is an alpha, possibly
showing the missing features (UX team help)

Moreover, the following things should have been investigated by then:

a) What do we want to do with the updater/updating users in case we want
to not only use Google's Play Store but have the browser availale in
F-Droid and on our website as well?
b) Are the first-party-isolation and fingerprinting defenses on Android
working if the respective preferences are flipped?

That means we don't plan to include Torbutton nor Tor Launcher right
now, which should happen later. Neither are we planning to have the
reproducible build of that browser ready by then. This is planned for
the second alpha scheduled for September.

Let me know if I forgot something or whether the above does not make any
sense.

Georg

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