February 2022 - tor-project - lists.torproject.org

Monthly status report for irl
by Iain Learmonth 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Hi, This is my monthly status report for work completed in January 2022. I have restructured the dynamic bridges such that they are now handled by unique identifiers, rather than by a numeric index. This makes it a lot easier to increase/decrease the number of bridges hosted on each provider, with targeted removal of specific bridges. Previously it was only possible to decrease the count, removing bridges according to their index. The bridges are now being monitored for the “overload” parameter in their descriptors, so that it’s possible to see when a pool is undersupplied to meet the demand. I now have a local dashboard for managing the bridges, making replacement easier and no longer requiring manual changes to text files with an editor. (Although any more advanced operations still require that.) I have deployed an instance of CDR Link (https://digiresilience.org/solutions/link/) for user support. This instance is being used to evaluate the platform with a view to eventually replacing RT as the hub for user support tickets. Throughout February, I am planning to add another cloud provider to the dynamic bridge framework and continue to monitor the deployed dynamic bridges and CDR Link instance for any maintenance that may be required. Thanks, Iain. -- Iain Learmonth (he/him) SR2 Communications Limited Phone: +44 (0)1224 900 202 | Email: irl(a)sr2.uk

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PieroV's monthly status report
by Pier Angelo Vendrame 02 Feb '22

02 Feb '22

Hi everyone! This is my status report for January 2022. I took back from the patchset reordering and Tor Browser Bundle test. I got Richard's feedback, thanks to which we improved the result a lot. Now we can build Tor Browser (almost) at every commit of our patchset. Builds at two commits (around the integration of torbutton) produce a non-working browser, but this was an acceptable trade-off for us. Please, have a look at the original issue (tor-browser#40562 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40562>) and at the merge requests (tor-browser!242 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests…> and tor-browser!250 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests…>) for more details. For tests, I updated the ones that were not working anymore (tor-browser-bundle-testsuite!17 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-bundle-testsuite…>) and added some issues to what we would like to fix/implement. Then, I had some new tasks. One was rebasing geckoview to version 96 (tor-browser#40769 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40769> and !243 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests…>) and Android components to 96.0.13. The latter were not merged; aguestuser rebased them to 96.0.15, instead. Anyway, this took me quite some time, but I learned a lot about our build system. Also, it made me find a problem with our configuration flags for Firefox that prevented geckoview from being compiled successfully and fixed them in tor-browser!251 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests…>. Eventually, this patch was also needed for Firefox 91.6. Another big task was updating Tor settings in the about:preferences (tor-browser#40774 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/40774>); I am close to a conclusion with it. Finally, another pair of tasks were updating obfs4proxy (tor-browser-build!396 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser-build/-/merge_re…>) and some localization strings (tor-browser!247 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/merge_requests…>). If I have not forgotten anything, that is all for this month 🙂. Thanks, Pier

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UX team meeting notes, February 1st
by Duncan Russell 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Hello, Thanks to everyone who made it to today's UX Team meeting! We’re looking forward to seeing you all again in a week’s time on February 8th. Here are the minutes: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log… <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log…> Today we shared an update on upcoming Tor Browser releases for both Android and desktop, and discussed each UX team-member's ongoing work across key projects. *** == User Experience Team Meeting == UX Team meetings happen every Tuesday at 1700 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC. Here are the logs from our last meeting on February 1st: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-0 <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log…>2-01-16 <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log…>.59.log.html <http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2022/tor-meeting.2022-02-01-16.59.log…> == Useful links == About the UX Team: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/team> UX repository: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux> UX roadmap: https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=… <https://www.figma.com/file/n4ETd0cUkcfj3KyclJQnt3/UX-Team-Planning?node-id=…> UX kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&… <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&…> Team kanban: https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX… <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/boards?scope=all&label_name[]=UX…> -------------------------- Tuesday February 1st 17:00 UTC -------------------------- == What projects are we working on? == S9 - Usability and Community Intervention on Support for Democracy and Human Rights https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&… <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&…> S30 - Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&… <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&…> S96 – Rapid Expansion of Access to the Uncensored Internet through Tor in China, Hong Kong, & Tibet https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/24> S101 - Tor VPN Client for Android https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/milestones/32> == Announcements == Tor Browser 11.5a2 for desktop release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a2/ <https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a2/> Tor Browser 11.5a3 for Android release: https:// <https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/>blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/ <https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-115a3/> UCL survey on HTTPS-Only Modes in Tor Browser: https://forum.torproject.net/t/survey-on-https-only-modes-in-tor-browser/18… <https://forum.torproject.net/t/survey-on-https-only-modes-in-tor-browser/18…> == Agenda == 1. Announcements 2. Weekly planning == Weekly planning == Note: Please highlight anything you'd like to discuss below in **bold** Duncan Last week (actual): - Discussed getting tor-browser#19850 back on the roadmap with Applications - Continued to support S96 (torconnect) development - Finished adding tickets and setting up UX planning board for S101 (VPN) - Synced with LEAP about UX for S101 (VPN) - Restarted release meetings with Applications - Finalized proposal for S9 extension This week (planned): - Begin UX evaluation of comparable Android apps for S101 - Start work on additional designs for S96 (torconnect) - Finish and distribute the tor-qa survey - Review UX Research report template - Create ticket & brief nicob on Tor Browser icon work - Buy Figjam licenses Nah Last week (actual): - think on ways to collaborate our User Research with other groups, and meeting with Sajolida to explore new paths in the same subject - Update User Research repository - S9 proposal meeting and review - S9 survey preparation - S101 review studies, use cases and features This week (planned): - S9 survey to find human rights defenders’ challenges and needs * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/72> * Understand and work on: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/61> - S30 training and user research planning * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/71> - S101 interviews planning * https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70 <https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/ux/research/-/issues/70> - Map User Research portal needs for update Nicob Last week (actual): - Artwork for Data Privacy Day - Artwork for YEC blog post - Additional stylizing for Vanguard blog - Worked on UR report template This week (planned): - Continue work on UR report template - Design wordmark + markup for Tor browser - Research for Comms 2022 visual direction == Open Call for User Research == Find out how to contribute to the UX team: https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/ <https://community.torproject.org/user-research/how-to-volunteer/> Thanks everyone! *** Duncan Larsen-Russell Product Manager & UX Team Lead duncan(a)torproject.org <mailto:duncan@torproject.org>

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