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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid100" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">Hello! Below
is my July’24 report!</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid101" class="ace-line"><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid112" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">In July, I
resolved 587 tickets:</span></div>
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class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid95" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">On Telegram
(@TorProjectSupportBot) - 427</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid98" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">On RT
(frontdesk@tpo) - 145</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid78" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">On WhatsApp
(+447421000612) - 13</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid113" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">and on
Signal (+17787431312) - 2.</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1224" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">My main
focus is to help Russian-speaking users get access to Tor. To do
that I:</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1225" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1226" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">1. Share
bridges and instructions.</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1227" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">2. Collect
feedback.</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1228" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">3. Help with
troubleshooting.</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1461" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">4. Monitor
censorship events in the </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">Central
Asia</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> countries
[1].</span></div>
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</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1484" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">The
increased internet censorship in Russia, in particular, the
throttling of YouTube [</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">2</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">], led to an
increase in the number of tickets at the end of the month.</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1434" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1628" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">I continue
to collect information on the bug with Tor Browser for Android </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">(TBA)
</span><span class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">not
working on Samsung devices [</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">3</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">].</span></div>
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</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1647" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">In
July'2024, Apple fulfilled the Roskomnadzor request to ban some
VPN apps from the AppStore[4]. To prepare for their further
actions, I checked the alternative ways to get and install Tor
Browser for Android using F-Droid. I wrote updated instructions
on how to do that. That helped to find an issue with Tor Browser
for Android marked as an "anti-feature" app on the F-Droid app
catalog[5] and how this make censored users life more difficult
to get TBA. Also, I checked the sideloading options for iOS and
Onion Browser, which are very difficult for regular users to
follow.</span></div>
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</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1553" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">Also, I
continue to </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">review</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> Russian
translation</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">s</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">in
weblate</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">, which
often helps to improve </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">our
user documentation</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z"> </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">[6</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">].</span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1069" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">[1] </span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z url"><a
href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/issues/40046"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/censorship-analysis/-/issues/40046</a></span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1478" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">[2] </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z url"><a
href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-25/youtube-throttled-in-russia-in-latest-attack-on-social-media"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-25/youtube-throttled-in-russia-in-latest-attack-on-social-media</a></span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1491" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">[</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">3</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">]</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z"> </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z url"><a
href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42714"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/42714</a></span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1497" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">[4] </span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z url"><a
href="https://therecord.media/apple-app-store-russia-vpns"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://therecord.media/apple-app-store-russia-vpns</a></span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1502" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">[5]</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1498" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z url"><a
href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41161#note_3050181"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/41161#note_3050181</a></span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1504" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">[</span><span
class="author-a-z78zaz77zz80zz87ziz83zdjz66zz76zsz73zi7z75z">6</span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">] </span><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z url"><a
href="https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/issues/173"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/web/manual/-/issues/173</a></span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1452" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-xjz67zz90z9z80z3xz83zpnz83zaqtz80z">Thanks!</span></div>
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