October 2019 - tor-community-team - lists.torproject.org

Q&A about onionoo.torproject.org/details
by Владислав Прачик 28 Oct '19

28 Oct '19

Hello. I started using "onionoo.torproject.org/details" and I get confused by a few points. I would be very grateful if you help me with this. 1) There are less than 1200 bridges on the metrics.torproject.org/networksize.html bar, but about 1600 bridges on onoooo.torproject.org/details. How is this possible? 2) Why https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html does not display information and bridges although on "onionoo.torproject.org/details" it is completely accessible to everyone. 3) Why are you distributing information about all bridges to " onionoo.torproject.org/details". This incredibly simplifies their blocking. Torproject writes that the idea of bridges is that at once they are not accessible. And onionoo.torproject.org/details seems to provide, if not all bridges, then obviously a very large part of them. 4) It is stated that this list includes bridges from BridgeDB. How do you get them? I checked, and the bridges that BridgeDB were given to me during the day are not on this list. Why? 5) What bridges are not published in this list. And if so, how can I find out the approximate number of all bridges in the world? 7) The consensus is published every hour, but it seems that https://onionoo.torproject.org/details is being updated at a slower rate. What is the reason for this? Thank you very much

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Community Team Meeting Notes - 21 Oct 2019
by gus 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hi, here's our meeting log: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2019/tor-meeting.2019-10-21-16.00.html And here's our meeting pad: Community team work meeting pad ------------------------------- Next meeting: Monday October 28 16:00 UTC Weekly meetings, every Monday at 16:00 UTC, in #tor-meeting at OFTC (channel is logged while meetings are in progress). Meeting 2019-10-21 People: * Gus * c1e0 (PROTechThor) * Kushal * highflyer910 * ivhro * Asong(LilyLME) == Updates == FORMAT! Name: This week: - What you worked on this week. Next week: - What you are planning to work on next week (related to community team work). Help with: - Something you may need help with. Gus: This week: - Reviewing and merging Outreachy PRs - Answering Outreachy aplicants emails - Documentation: updating TB-manual and Support for Tor Browser 9 release - Sponsor9: updating our training slides with Tor Browser 9 screenshots and changes - Sponsor9: answering partnership questions - www meeting - Answering Frontdesk/RT - Tor: Aromi e lacrime event this wednesday - https://blog.torproject.org/events/tor-aromi-e-lacrime-del-routing-cipolla-… Next week: - Mostly afk - Global South IRC meeting - Oct 30, 1600 UTC. c1e0: This week: - Fixing issues and making PRs - Suggesting documentation enhancements - Answering questions on email, r/TOR and tor.stackexchange Next week: - Fixing more issues - Answering more questions Help with: - Reviewing my work Kushal This week: - At least one example blog post on using Tor authenticated services > [kushal! can i see this? i'd love to hear feedback- Antonela] - Figuring out the date/time details for November InfosecGirls Pune meetup for November, planning to do a Tor workshop there. Next week: - Mostly holidays Mona: This week: Finished reading manual sections. And all the support sections. And all the community portal sections. Phew! Made issues in dip for small fixes (16-22 in manual https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/manual/issues) Kept a list of issues in support and community sections (typos/grammar/style, sometimes 404s on links). Submitted a few small PRs (e.g. PR for grammar / typos etc: https://github.com/torproject/manual/pull/52) Found issue with gettor by email; reported on IRC and it got fixed right away (yay!) Tried a few things that I learned about: GPG check signature, got the alpha build so I can check docs against new release Participated in IRC / asked questions Answered a user who emailed the community list (how to get tor for windows) but maybe I need to reply list (?) Subscribed to a bunch more lists and signed up for the Transifex translation platform Next week: - For the issues I found I will create tickets or if they are small spelling / language things I will directly make a PR. - Respond to common user issues (waiting for Gus to send them). - Start reading blog and check out user comments sections - Check out the other places where users leave comments (reddit, stack overflow etc); make sure I have an account and have access to the right sections / know how to find the tor questions Help with: - I may have questions on whether some things are issues (should make tickets or not) Highflyer910: This week: - Answered Reddit users - Finished reading all documentation Next week: - Submit new PRs - Try to fix some frontend issues Help with: - Lektor - Questions about Outreachy forms Ivhro: This week: - Joined Tor community and getting familiar with Tor (reading about, support, community, blog) - Set up IRC account, joined different channels - Subscribed to Tor mailing lists - Install Tor browser Next week: - Read documentation - Fix some issues - Transifex - translation Help with: - How to create an account on GitLab and access to Tor project - How to join frontdesk service Asong: This week: - Answered some twitter users,retweeting Tor project tweets - Answered some questions on github - Researching and working on Spreadsheet -Read blog and Tor about page detaily and found some issues Next week: - Will download latest tb and familiarise with updates - More reasearch - Create new issue Help with: - Reviewing my PRs == Discussion == * Documentation - Tor Browser 9 release (22 October) * Outreachy Q&A

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Tor in Windows XP
by Александр К-ш 21 Oct '19

21 Oct '19

Hello. Please tell me how to make Tor work in Windows XP?

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Community Team Meeting Notes - 14 Oct 2019
by gus 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Hi, here's our meeting log: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2019/tor-meeting.2019-10-14-15.59.html And here's our meeting pad: Community team work meeting pad ------------------------------- Next meeting: Monday October 21 16:00 UTC Weekly meetings, every Monday at 16:00 UTC, in #tor-meeting at OFTC (channel is logged while meetings are in progress). Meeting 2019-10-14 Presents: * Gus * Pili * c1e0 (PROTechThor) * Mona (bluemoon) * Teona (Highflyer910) * emmapeel * reetika == Updates == FORMAT! Name: This week: - What you worked on this week. Next week: - What you are planning to work on next week (related to community team work). Help with: - Something you may need help with. reetika: This week: - Joined Tor community - installed IRC client and got familiar, joined different channels(2) Next week: - read through the website and different posts on the blog - read stories where Tor has been covered by the press - read the Tor Project's history - complete initial task - prepare a spreadsheet of influencers Help with: - reviewing my work Gus: This week: - Answering frontdesk/RT users. - Following up training partnerships with local organization in Global South - Helping Outreachy applicants, reviewing PRs, answering emails - www team meeting - Freedom not fear travel logistics - https://www.freedomnotfear.org/ - Documentation: Tor Browser 9 release - documentation update Next week: - More sponsor9 follow up - More Outreachy Pili: This week: - Submitted FOSDEM stand submission and main track talk - Mozfest session prep - S9 Phase 2 report - Community and dev portals Next week: - mainly afk in London for Mozfest (come find me and say hi if you'll be there also!) - Building the Tor Network: https://public.zenkit.com/i/2RH604FcHf/TlJ1DpZnZG/building-the-tor-network?… c1e0 (PROTechThor): This week: - Answering questions on Reddit and StackOverflow. - Fixing issues and proposing improvements. - Being active on IRC. Next week: - Fixing more issues. - Answering more questions. Help with: - Completing the fix to this issue: https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/community/issues/102 Mona (bluemoon): This week: - Starting to read tor documentation - clone the four tor repositories to work on. - Try to push some small changes to grammar/style but had issues: emailed gus and resolved (need to fork). Next week: - Finish reading the main parts of the documentation and some common user issues - This is the week I will have the most time to devote to Outreachy so my goal is to learn as much as possible - be very active on IRC and hoping to be able to respond to the practice user issues check out the other forums for user issues (reddit/Stackoverflow etc). - Make edits for language in the repositories wherever needed. - Choose an issue to work on from the issue tracker and submit a PR. Teona (Highflyer910): This week: - Learned a lot about DoH - Made a new pr - Read more Tor docs Next week: - To answer more Reddit questions - Hoping to be active on IRC - to work on new issues Help with: - Need a review about these pr https://github.com/torproject/support/pull/67 emmapeel: This week: - EOY , snoflake, TBB strings l10n - merge requests / reviews - l10n docs for developers Next week - more merges - l10n docs for devs and translators == Discussion == * Outreachy question & answers

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Relocating Tor Browser
by Dee R. Vuzr 14 Oct '19

14 Oct '19

Hello, I maintain a few dozen Linux machines with Tor Browser installed by its own users. In order to normalize the Tor Browser maintenance I need to rename the directory that each user assigned to Tor Browser when installing it. Each Tor Browser installed on these machines have months or years of work on their settings and it is not an option to uninstall or simply delete Tor Browser directory to install it again. I would be grateful if you could tell me how to relocate Tor Browser to a new directory or, if that is not possible, how to export all the configuration, including the Firefox, its bookmarks, addons, the addons settings, and Tor settings (torrc and such) and how to import them into a new installation in a new directory. Thank you

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Community Team meeting today, 14th October, 1600 UTC
by gus 14 Oct '19

14 Oct '19

Hello, Just a reminder that today, 14th October, 1600 UTC, we have our weekly meeting in #tor-meeting[1]. If you're an Outreachy applicant please come to say hi! :) cheers, Gus [1] IRC help - https://support.torproject.org/get-in-touch/#irc-help

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Hello Outreachy folks, read this email
by gus 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hello Outreachy folks! Here are instructions to start collaborating with Community Team. Feel free to introduce yourself here. o/ Our weekly meeting is every Monday, 1600 UTC, on IRC: #tor-meeting. cheers, Gus Community Team **** Help Tor Project support our users ================================== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/Outreachy#HelpTorProjectsuppo… Deadline is Nov. 5, 2019 at 4pm UTC to record your contributions and create a final application. The Community Team at Tor Project is looking for an intern to help us support our users receive and find the most up to date information on using our products. As part of this internship we're looking for someone to: Help us to answer support queries that come in through our frontdesk@ email address, #tor irc channel and other informal support channels such as: * Reddit, * Stackoverflow, * blog comments * Google Play Store for Tor Browser for Android reviews and feedback Keep our documentation updated: When new versions of Tor Browser are released, we need to update the Tor Browser User Manual with any usage details and explanations of new features as well as with updated screenshots. Fix small layout issues with our Tor Browser Manual <https://tb-manual.torproject.org/> and Support websites <https://support.torproject.org/>. Compile a list of common user issues: Write a monthly report collating any common user issues found throughout all of our support channels. During October 1 - November 5, you must: Read our documentation: * Tor Browser Manual - <https://tb-manual.torproject.org> * Support Portal - <https://support.torproject.org> * Tor Project history: <https://torproject.org/about/history> * Community Portal - <https://community.torproject.org> * Blog: <https://blog.torproject.org> Check and answer common questions from our users (probably some of them you will need to do some research) - we will email this to applicants, get in touch with us. Read our open issues and submit a pull request to tickets open in our repositories <https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/>; you will need a Gitlab account, get in touch with us. Install an IRC client and learn how to use IRC <https://support.torproject.org/get-in-touch/#irc-help>; join our channels: #tor, #tor-project, #tor-south, #tor-project, #tor-www Subscribe to Tor mailing lists: tor-community-team, global-south and tor-project - <https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo> Join us on the Community Team meeting - every Monday, 1600 UTC, #tor-meeting channel on IRC. Workflow expected during the internship ======================================= 1. Everyday connect to IRC and hang out on #tor-www, #tor, #tor-project, #tor-south and other channels 2. Connect to Frontdesk service and answer users. 3. Check blog posts and social media for users comments reporting issues. 4. Based on users feedback [1, 2 and 3]: open tickets to report bugs to Tor Browser devs, make Pull requests with corrections and new content to our documentation 5. If you find outdated or incorrect information on Tor Project websites, we expect you to submit a ticket and/or a pull request. 6. Community Team meeting happens every Monday, 1600 UTC on #tor-meeting. You will need to update our meeting pad with your work - <https://pad.riseup.net/p/tor-community-team-2019-keep>

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Community Team Meeting Notes - 07 Oct 2019
by gus 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hi, here's our meeting log: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2019/tor-meeting.2019-10-07-16.01.html And here's our meeting pad: Community team work meeting pad ------------------------------- Next meeting: Monday October 14 16:00 UTC Weekly meetings, every Monday at 16:00 UTC, in #tor-meeting at OFTC (channel is logged while meetings are in progress). Meeting 2019-10-07 Presents: * Gus * c1e0 (PROTechThor) * Cybelle * emmapeel * clash * pili * bluemoon * debgal * Highflyer910 * Asong == Updates == FORMAT! Name: This week: - What you worked on this week. Next week: - What you are planning to work on next week (related to community team work). Help with: - Something you may need help with. Gus: This week: - Community Team monthly report - Documentation: start working on Tor Browser 9 updates (release Oct 22th) - Community Portal - Reviewing trainers feedback proposal - Slides - Support Portal: - Migrated a bunch of questions from old FAQ to relay operators section: https://support.torproject.org/operators/ - Onboarding and helping Outreachy applicants - Reaching out Sponsor9 training partners - www meeting about dev portal - Answering frontdesk Next week: - More Sponsor9 workz - Helping Outreachy applicants Help with: - Something you may need help with. emmapeel: This week: - reviews from documents - help devs of snowflake, tba with translation - documentation for editing website and more dev docs for translation - mediation conflicts in the dutch team :S Next week: - conflict mediation - reviews for the outreachy people - more reviews and documentation to edit the website https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/tpo/wikis/Writing-the-content c1e0 (PROTechThor): This week: - Getting familiar with Tor (reading about, community, support and blog pages) - Visiting Tor on reddit and StackOverflow - Fixing issues - Creating spreadsheet of influencers Next week: - Fixing more issues - Reporting bugs - Answering questions on r/Tor and Tor StackExchange Help with: - How to join frontdesk service - Completing the fix to this issue: https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/web/community/issues/102 Cybelle This week: - Working on Mozfest presentation Next week: - Working on Mozfest presentation - I'll be away travelling Help with: - Something you may need help with. clash: This week: - will fix a few issues since I have time this week Next week: - travelling pili: This week: - Organising for FOSDEM20 - Stand submission sent - will send main track talk by Thursday - Outreachy help - Mozfest prep - Community portal (hopefully) - Start S9 Phase 2 report Next week: - MozFest prep - S9 Phase 2 report Mona: This week: - Choose which Outreachy project I want to do. - Subscribe to Tor mailing lists. - Introduce self on tor community email list. - Join tor channels on irc (and learn a bit more about how to use irssi). - Install command-line version of tor on mac and try it. - Install tor browser (yup). Next week: - read documentation - Check and answer common questions from our users - check open issues and submit a PR (create Gitlab account first) Help with: - Nothing for now. Highflyer910: This week: - Joined tor channels on IRC - Installed Tor again after years - Worked on Frontdesk questions - made the 1st PR for Tor - learned a lot about Lektor - Answered the 1st question on Reddit Next week: - check and answer more questions - Frontdesk questions - more PRs Hellp with: - a question under my PR on Github Asong: This week: -Read Tor manual,blog and support documentations. -Made minor edits to manual and support docs. -Installed Tor browser on my android,windows and Linux OS. -Navigating and exploring Tor,as i learn more about. -Joined all indicated tor channels and attempted answering some questions on #tor -Answered User questions and submitted to mentors -Made some little edits and submitted PRs -Researched about TLS protocol Next week: -Visit tor on reddit and stackoverflow -Answer more questions -Learn alot about making contributions -Make proposals to Team Help with: -Familiarising with GitHub/GitLab Debgal: This week: - Work on issues on GitLab (documentation and others) - Register on trac.torproject.org and report bugs I find Next week: - Continue working on open issues - Check and help answer common questions from users Help with: - Nothing so far == Discussion == * Outreachy applicants introduce yourselves (if you want) * Outreachy question and answers

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My Introduction To The Tor Community
by Nkep Renate 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

Hello Everyone, Hope this email finds you well. I am Nkep Renate, an outreachy applicant interested in contributing to the tor project Improve Tor’s image in the media and our communications resources <https://www.outreachy.org/december-2019-to-march-2020-internship-round/comm…> during and after the Outreachy period. I have read the supporting documents for the above mentioned project and I am ready to start making contributions. I am very excited to join the tor community and hoping to make contributions. Thanks, Nkep Renate

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Outreachy contribution
by verogiann＠libero.it 03 Oct '19

03 Oct '19

Hi, my name is Veronica, I would like to join in tor-community-team to start my contributions. Regards.

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