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Notes from September 21 2017 Vegas team meeting
by Karsten Loesing 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Notes for September 21 2017 meeting: Roger: 1) The CCC call for proposals is out. We should build a great plan and do it. Deadline Oct 15. 2) The RightsCon call for proposals is out too. Could we do a cool coalition session? 3) Steph: I'm 80% of the way done updating anonbib for the last few years. I ought to do a blog post once I (if I) finish. [steph: will make a note to check in with you!] 4) Capture-the-onion contest idea not dead; write-up still on my todo list. Georg: 1) Cloudflare related sessions at Montreal meeting. Which do we want? 2) Our bug bounties and the Zerodium proposal. Do we want some coordination/statement with HackerOne? <- currently not needed 3) Upcoming releases including new Tor versions; the alphas should have sandboxing enabled on all platforms Nick: 1) We've put out a bunch of releases, including security fixes. 0.3.1. took longer to stabilize than we had planned. We're trying some things to try to make 0.3.2 stabilize faster than we had expected. In particular, we're trying to make sure that our alpha releases come out frequently (every 2-3 weeks). We'll try to make sure that they come out in good time for TB alpha releases, but some of them will miss TB alpha releases. 2) Sharing more responsibility on network team. Isis is running our meeting-calendar coordination. Ahf and Isis will try putting out the next alpha release. 3) Where are we with the Boston PT meeting right after the Montreal meeting? Alison: 1) I'll be doing lots of meeting prep from now until we get to Montreal, including getting the schedule completed, organizing the buddy system, and making a plan for the open hacking days. 2) Other stuff: working on LFP/IMLS press release and recruiting, Giant Rabbit meetings, finding people to do sponsor8 testing in various countries, sukhe is in India doing outreach. Karsten: 1) Preparing for in-person team meeting in Berlin next week. 2) Working on a roadmap draft to be discussed next week and shared with the other teams by/before Montreal. Shari: 1) traveling this week and next and trying not to fall behind in email (I'll be in San Francisco next week) 2) working with Giant Rabbit on end-of-year campaign 3) trying to finish text for grant submission 4) working with Alison and Gunner on Montreal meeting logistics 5) scheduling unconscious bias training for 1-1/2 hours on Thursday morning in Montreal Arturo: 1) We have been working on releasing the new version of OONI Probe with custom URI support. This will allow people to embed links on their website to encourage people to run ooniprobe. Do you know of some organisations that run popular websites that would be interested in having a "Run OONI Probe" Widget? 2) Working with Elio on the design of OONI stuff has been great! The OONI design system is moving along very nicely: http://openobservatory.github.io/design/, we now have many more elements specced out and are already using them in new designs. 3) <Bikeshed>We have reached consensus on renaming some of the OONI software to a more consistent scheme (s/ooniprobe/OONI Probe/, s/OONI Measurements/OONI API/)</Bikeshed> Isabela: 1) Working with Brad on organizing the time allocation for teams and start migrating to the new funding model 2) UX team is getting all mocks of the website redesign ready for Montreal session 3) Priority is with Tor Launcher deliverable - I've been late with the progress bar work 4) We got an invitation to submit full proposal for designer position with UX team - working on that with tommy 5) Got sponsor8 tasks organized with network team 6) Not going to GSOC - got hiro in touch with FOSDEM folks - trying to get Nick to go to Chile - will be at Tor Diversity Program meeting in NYC (with freebsd community) - will be at makerfair this weekend might take some stickers to put on EFF table or something. Steph: 1) coordinating Montreal speaker training and pre-work interviews and background info for Lyndon. we’re full at 15 participants. 2) happy about upcoming blog on KIST Tommy drafted with help from Rob, Matt, Nick. publishing next week. want us to have more content like this. published post on Montreal open hack days 3) rate of new followers still climbing on twitter even though other numbers (like mentions) have gone down post DS. ~9,700 new followers in past 28 days 4) Working with GR on fundraising campaign, checking in again later today Brad: 1) Working with Isa to finalize the updated time allocation budgets for each employee 2) Next step will be to send prelim budgets to Vegas team for review/comments 3) Planning to send out new budgets to employees prior to Montreal

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Fwd: LibrePlanet 2018: Let's talk about Freedom. Embedded.
by isabela 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Should we be there? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: LibrePlanet 2018: Let's talk about Freedom. Embedded. Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:19:03 -0400 From: Georgia Young, FSF <info(a)fsf.org> Reply-To: Georgia Young, FSF <info(a)fsf.org> To: Isabela Bagueros <isabela(a)torproject.org> Free Software Foundation */Read online: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2018-lets-talk-about-freedo… Dear Isabela Bagueros, Here at the Free Software Foundation, we've been planning for LibrePlanet 2018, and guess what? It's the *tenth anniversary* of this free software community conference, and it's happening March 24th-25th, 2018 in the Boston area! The call for sessions <https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions> is open now, until November 2nd, 2017. General registration <https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=71> and exhibitor and sponsor registration <https://libreplanet.org/2018/sponsors/> are also open. Pre-order a LibrePlanet 10th anniversary t-shirt <https://shop.fsf.org/tshirts-hoodies/libreplanet-2018> when you register to attend! *Do you want to discuss or teach others about a topic relevant to the free software community? You've got until Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 at 10:00 EDT (14:00 UTC) to submit your session proposals <https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions>.* LibrePlanet <https://www.libreplanet.org/2018> is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts and everyone who cares about the intersection of technology and social justice. For the past nine years, LibrePlanet has brought together free software developers, policy experts, activists, hackers, students, and people who are at the beginning of their free software journeys. LibrePlanet 2018 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels. If you're new to the community or to the LibrePlanet conference, check out last year's conference site <https://libreplanet.org/2017/> and session videos <https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/tag/libreplanet-2017-video/>, including the opening keynote, a look at the 21st century techno-surveillance state by Kade Crockford of the Massachusetts chapter of the ACLU <https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/when-we-fight-we-win-technolo…>. What kinds of sessions are we looking for? Each year, LibrePlanet offers both technical talks and sessions examining the intersection of free software and activism, culture, and current events. Here are a few examples of talks or sessions you might propose: * An examination of how free software can aid in an aspect of life that is important to you, like education, medicine, social movements, or community organizing * A workshop (for beginners or experienced users) on how to use a free software program or free hardware project * A project sprint, where new and current contributors to a free software project can meet and work together on an aspect of the project * An introduction to free software licensing, copyleft, or a deep dive into a current legal issue * An update on your free software project Check out talk recordings from LibrePlanet 2017 <https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/tag/libreplanet-2017-video/> for more ideas. LibrePlanet's 10th anniversary theme is "Freedom. Embedded." Embedded systems are everywhere, in cars, digital watches, traffic lights, and even within our bodies. Proprietary software is everywhere, its sinister aspects woven throughout the devices permeating our lives. We've come to expect that our phones monitor our activity and share that data with big companies, and that governments enforce digital restrictions management (DRM). In a society reliant on embedded systems, how do we defend computer user freedom? How do we insist on copylefted code, protect ourselves against government and corporate surveillance, and move toward a freer world? For many people, digital freedom seems like a pipe dream. We change the narrative and make free software the norm, instead of walled gardens, denial of the right to repair, and DRM. The FSF is committed to increasing participation by people belonging to groups traditionally underrepresented at free software conferences, including women, people of color, and transgender and nonbinary people. If you are comfortable sharing demographic information on the proposal form, please do. Your proposal will not be judged negatively should you choose to omit information about your identity. The LibrePlanet conference also has a safe space policy <https://libreplanet.org/2018/safe-space-policy/>, because we want everyone who attends to feel comfortable, cared for, and able to enjoy the conference without worrying about harassment. The policy applies to all conference sessions, so keep that in mind when you write your proposal. We will hold IRC office hours in the #libreplanet channel on irc.freenode.org so you can ask questions about the call for sessions and get feedback on your proposal before you submit -- we will announce hours and dates for these feedback sessions soon. You may also contact us at campaigns(a)fsf.org <mailto:campaigns@fsf.org> any time between now and the submission deadline if you have questions about your submission. LibrePlanet has thrived for a decade thanks to the interesting ideas and generous spirit found in the free software community. We hope you will want to be part of LibrePlanet 2018. Submit a proposal now! <https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions>. Gratis admission for FSF members Members <https://my.fsf.org/join> (and students with valid ID) attend LibrePlanet gratis. FSF Associate Membership starts at just $10/month and comes with many benefits <https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits>. Need help attending LibrePlanet? The FSF is able to offer a limited amount of funding to bring conference participants to LibrePlanet from all around the world. You can apply for a scholarship <https://my.fsf.org/lp-scholarship-application> through Thursday, November 30th, 2017 at 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC). Scholarship recipients will be notified by early January. If you don't need a scholarship, you can help those with financial need attend LibrePlanet 2018 by making a contribution to the conference's scholarship fund <https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=60> now, or when you register for LibrePlanet. Volunteering LibrePlanet is supported by dozens of volunteers, without whom this community event would not happen -- and volunteers attend LibrePlanet gratis. Applications for most LibrePlanet volunteer opportunities will be available soon, but if you would like to help with advance outreach (spreading the word about LibrePlanet in online communities, your networks, and by posting flyers at schools and community spaces), please email campaigns(a)fsf.org <mailto:campaigns@fsf.org>. Free Software Award nominations Each year at LibrePlanet, the FSF presents its annual Free Software Awards. Nominations for the awards <https://www.fsf.org/awards/> are open through Sunday, November 5th, 2017 at 18:59 EST (23:59 UTC). Promotional opportunities LibrePlanet is a good place to spread the word about your organization to the free software community. You can sponsor LibrePlanet or have a table in our exhibit hall (or both!). Our exhibit hall is at the center of the LibrePlanet venue, and sponsors are highly visible at the conference and in our promotional materials. The FSF and LibrePlanet are heavily member-supported, and we appreciate the support of organizations that embrace free software. Apply to exhibit <https://libreplanet.org/2018/sponsors/> at LibrePlanet 2018 or email us at campaigns(a)fsf.org <mailto:campaigns@fsf.org> if you are interested in being a sponsor. Happy hacking, Georgia Young Program Manager Follow us on GNU social <https://status.fsf.org/fsf> | Subscribe to our blogs via RSS <https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS> | Join us as an associate member <https://www.fsf.org/jf> Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 UNITED STATES Unsubscribe <https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=154049&qid=28213…> from this mailing list. 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Tails report for August 2017
by sajolida 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2017_08/

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For technical users: Please help us test next-gen onions!
by George Kadianakis 21 Sep '17

21 Sep '17

Hello people, this is an email for technical people who want to help us test next-gen onion services. The current status of next-gen onion services (aka prop224) is that they have been fully merged into upstream tor and have also been released as part of tor-0.3.2.1-alpha: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-0321-alpha-released-support-next-gen-onion-… Unfortunately, there is still no tor browser with tor-0.3.2.1-alpha so these instructions are for technical users who have no trouble building tor on their own. We are still in a alpha testing phase and when we get more confident about the code we plan to release a blog post (probs during October). Until then we hope that people can help us test them. To do so, we have setup a *testing hub* in a prop224 IRC server that you can and should join (ideally using a VPS so that you stick around). Here are some basic instructions: 1) First of all, clone tor from git: $ git clone https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor.git and then build it: $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make 2) Setup a basic torrc for your tor client: ==== SocksPort 9008 RunAsDaemon 0 SafeLogging 0 DataDirectory /home/user/tmp/tor Log notice stdout Log notice file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/tor.log Log info file /home/user/tmp/hsclient/torinfo.log === and start up tor using the above torrc. Or setup your own torrc, you might find your own bugs that way ;) 3) Setup your torsocks so that it connects to SocksPort 9008. I do that by editing /etc/tor/torsocks.conf and setting `TorPort 9008`, but YMMV based on your distro, etc. 4) Now setup a socat tunnel to the prop224 ircd: socat TCP4-LISTEN:4250,bind=localhost,fork,reuseaddr SOCKS4A:localhost:gff4ixq3takworeuhkubzz4xh2ulytoct4xrpazkiykhupalqlo53ryd.onion:6697,socksport=9250 Check out the onion address! It's heavy! 5) Now start up your irc client and point it ot the tunnel. I use irssi, so you can do: /server -ssl localhost 4250 /join #prop224 6) Now detach your screen and lurk in that channel. Also monitor your log files to see if any warnings or bugs appeared. If we see your client misbehaving we might ask you to give us some logs etc. If any other tests are required we will notify you through the IRC testing hub. Cheers and thanks for testing :) See you on the other side of the moon!

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Network team meeting notes, 2017 October 18
by Nick Mathewson 19 Sep '17

19 Sep '17

Hi! We had a meeting. Our logs are at http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-dev/2017/tor-dev.2017-09-18-16.59.html And I'll copy our meeting pad here, for reference: Network team meeting, 18 September 2017 Last week's notes: how did we do? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2017-September/001439.ht… Nick: * Last week: * Reviewed and merged and triaged, to try to get ready for 0.3.2 * Got clang scan-build working on master again; found several bugs. * Worked on numerous spec-fixes and other-fixes for master * Discussed privcount at meeting; tried to find next steps. * This week: * New releases for Tor >= 0.2.8 * First stable release for 0.3.1 (0.3.1.7) * First release for Tor 0.3.2.x * Triage most things out of 0.3.2.x * Finish spec and documentation patches in 0.3.2.x * Confer with others on sponsor8 stuff, try to start getting more useful there. * Write proposals about: authority splitting, TLS 1.3, ... * Take another look at proposed PTv2 spec draft * Make scan-build part of our regular process. * Program, if I am lucky :) * What happened with 0.3.1? * Time to make 0.3.2 stable. * Merge window closed until after the dev meeting. Hack, and review -- but it'll sit. Consider bug-hunting? * 3 weeks remaining until we start doing montreal stuff. Who should be planner? Not me! [isis volunteers] asn Last week: - Got lots of prop224 fixes and improvements merged upstream: #23457, #23455, #23019, #23466, #23310, #23387 - Did more testing and debugging of prop224 (see #23543). - Wrote spec fixes for prop224 (#23130) - Reviewed #22805 and #23355. - Opened a UX ticket for torbrowser + prop224 (#23545) This week: - Test and fix more prop224 bugs. - Do reviews as required. - Triage 0.3.2 prop224 tickets - Start dogfooding prop224 even more (get some tpo stuff to run on hsv3, and maybe get a tor browser going) dgoulet: * Last week: - Multiple fixes for prop224 got in upstream for the 032 alpha. - KIST was merged upstream (#12541) last friday \o/ - Some tickets reviewed for review-group-23. * This week: - See how prop224 and KIST works out in their first alpha. - Many bugs are opened for 032 on prop224 and KIST so will try to address those as much as possible. - Review tickets for 032 milestone. pastly: last week: KIST merged \o/ this week: help with KIST tickets; boring not-Tor stuff Mike: Last week: - Worked on #23100 and #23114. These need to be done + merged for prop247 [asn: anything I can do here?] This week: - Finish up #23100 and #23114 for merge. - Work on #23101, which also needs to be done for good prop247 results. ahf: Last week: Sponsor 8: - Sponsor 8 meeting with Nick+Isa+Taylor. - Setup a HS to use for survey. Awaiting text for the site from Isa. - Upgraded to Android 8 "Oreo" on a device to see how the aggressive handling of background processes works. - Use a tor process with Orbot where I limit the amount of timed events that is triggered. Misc: - Started reading the Rust book and read some Rust code. Plan is to do a small control port library like the Python ones we have. - Upgrading the Prop224 IRC setup when there is need for it. This week: Sponsor 8: - Turn the tasks from the S8 meeting into tickets + go over the already created S8 tickets and mark them with the correct keywords. - See if I can get the event timing code to work nicely with the Doze functionality on Android(!) Misc: - Get back to the BestVPN interview that Steph set up about Tor. - Look into coverity issues from Friday and Saturday last week. (Already done by Nick apparantly!) - Coverity + Bug triage duties this week. - Talk to OFTC about some nice-to-have features. catalyst: Last week (2017-W37): - Lots of client clock skew research. It turns out to cause some pretty awful UX, including long hangs with no feedback to the user. - Fixed a couple of clock skew related bugs (#23506, #23532) for clients with clocks in the past. - Investigated client clock skew bugs for clients with clocks in the future. Turns out to be harder to correct (directory download schedules and behavior; whether to contact an authority or not, etc.). - Reviewed some patches. - sponsor8 meeting This week (2017-W38): - More investigation of clock skew bugs where the client clock is in the future. Somehow have to distinguish "we were asleep and have stale cached directory info" vs "we are in the future". isis: last week: - working on #15967 (the captcha server, farfetchd), it's done but i want a few more unittests to be sure that i'm matching the behaviours i told the Tor Launcher team it would have in the spec this week: - deployed farfetched - writing the moat server on top of it (this should be super easy because like 80% of the API is just passing back and forth the responses to/from farfetchd, but with the added step that, at the end, if the captcha was right, they get bridges) - checking in on the intern and reviewing his code [asn: we got intern? who is it?]

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Re: [tor-project] Who needs a 34c3 ticket?
by dawuud 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hi. Nevermind, I no longer need a voucher code. I have a ticket now. On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 12:10:53AM +0000, dawuud wrote: > > Hi. I just now realized that I want to attend congress this year. > Is the 34c3 ticket token train still running? > > > Cheers, > David > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 02:37:54PM -0400, Griffin wrote: > > On 2017-09-12 14:48, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:33:27AM -0400, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > > > So, if you are coming and you need a way to buy a ticket, and you are > > > > a contributor to the Tor world in some useful way, please let us know! > > > > We'd love to help more people from the Tor community to be there and > > > > help spread the word about Tor, and 'now' is a much better time than > > > > 'later' to help you get a ticket. > > > > > > Reminder that we have vouchers that you could use. Let us know! > > > > > > --Roger > > > > If there's a spare voucher, I'd love to have it =) > > > > ~Griffin > > _______________________________________________ > > tor-project mailing list > > tor-project(a)lists.torproject.org > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-project

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Who needs a 34c3 ticket?
by Roger Dingledine 17 Sep '17

17 Sep '17

It's that time of year again, when people are scrambling to find vouchers to buy 34c3 tickets. We have a few vouchers (the sort that are reusable but with a multi-day delay between each use), and we want to make sure that many Tor people can get to congress. So, if you are coming and you need a way to buy a ticket, and you are a contributor to the Tor world in some useful way, please let us know! We'd love to help more people from the Tor community to be there and help spread the word about Tor, and 'now' is a much better time than 'later' to help you get a ticket. --Roger

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Notes from September 14 2017 Vegas team meeting
by Karsten Loesing 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Notes for September 14 2017 meeting: Alison: 1) Doing preliminary work -- recruiting mostly -- for my IMLS grant, which will start in December. 2) I'm glad the membership doc passed! Next step is for us to choose a membership secretary and bootstrap the list. I hope that we can get a code of conduct discussion going after that. Georg: 1) Sponsor4 work is moving forward 2) We are about to enter the next phase of the mobile browser dev hiring (coding tasks) 3) nickm: going over the review notes of the last network team meeting it seems the item for having one from the network team at the Mozilla-next-steps-to-get-tor-intregrated-into-Firefox-meeting is missing. Got that discussed and, if so, sorted out? [ Haven't discussed yet; sorry! Will send email. Here's a draft. Help me improve it? I'd like to say when and how long the meeting is. https://pad.riseup.net/p/DUKhqXvE9fth -nickm] [ Resolved this offline with Georg; sent note to network-team. -nickm ] Nick: 1) Many releases early next week 2) Go team! 3) Meeting about sponsor 8 stuff this afternoon 4) Feature-freezing 0.3.2 tomorrow Mike: 1) Mostly caught up on stuff; need to send those emails I said I would 2) Need to hike up to Mount Doom to forge a new GPG subkey 3) Confused about the team day in Montreal Isabela: 1) Focus on Tor Launcher feature for sponsor4 - dependencies coordination and also update the feature brief 2) Syncing with network team on sponsor8 work and looking at what else can move on while we are interviewing candidates for android browser team 3) Timesheets - need to review updated spreadsheet done by Brad - also start preparing for time reporting under new funding model \o/ 4) roadmaps prep work - sent email to TB team will send one to Network as well 5) invoices are out! one more to go (small one) Steph: 1) moving forward w a speaking trainer for Montreal. will be sending invites, gathering info for pre-work 2) working on post with Tommy and Colin about relay operators meet up 3) responded to zerodium inquiries. appreciate the feedback on the statement, should have considered the security angle more in depth 4) helped decide end of year fundraising theme with Seattle office and Giant Rabbit, talking next steps this evening Arturo: 1) Moving forward with OONI design stuff with Elio 2) Moving forward with implementing custom URI scheme for ooniprobe Shari: 1) confirm dates for Spring 2018 Tor meeting 2) unconscious bias training for the Montreal meeting 3) theme for end-of-year fundraising is Powering Digital Resistance 4) working on grant proposals and all sorts of stuff; very busy this week Karsten: 1) Preparing for Berlin team meeting in two weeks. Thinking about putting together a (small) agenda which may include feedback from the community what we should be working on. 2) Tor Metrics has a new logo. :) https://metrics.torproject.org/ 3) Moving more web services (back) to Tor Metrics, including CollecTor's directory listings, Atlas, and ExoneraTor, to have a single user-facing website for all of metrics. Possibly relevant for Tor website reorganization. Roger: 1) We should figure out whether we want to move forward on my capture-the-onion plans. Plan: I'll write a few paragraphs next week and we can see if we like them. We shouldn't sign up to do something that costs us a bunch of time and money if the funder doesn't want to pay for it.

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OONI Monthly Report: August 2017
by Arturo Filastò 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

# OONI Monthly Report: August 2017 The OONI team made steady progress in August. We published a new research report on our study of internet censorship in Cuba, and we created three new test lists. We carried out research on how best to secure probe orchestration, and we made progress on our data processing pipeline and on the custom URL scheme for the mobile clients. We also created a new OONI style guide for the design of our apps and the creation of data visualizations. Our commentary about OONI was published by Project Syndicate. ## Published research report on internet censorship in Cuba We published a new research report, titled: "Measuring Internet Censorship in Cuba's ParkNets" You can read the report here: https://ooni.torproject.org/post/cuba-internet-censorship-2017/ We also published a summary of the report on the Tor blog: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/measuring-internet-censorship-cubas-parkne… Our study was covered by the following: 1. Amnesty International: https://medium.com/@AmnistiaOnline/la-paradoja-de-internet-de-cuba-b3cd206a… 2. Motherboard: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbbjxm/here-are-the-41-websites-… 3. El Nuevo Herald: http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/cuba-es/article1… ## Style guide for design of apps and data visualizations We created a style guide for the design of our apps and for the creation of data visualizations based on OONI data. Our master style guide can be found here: https://openobservatory.github.io/design/ Our style guide for the data visualizations that are to be included in our reports and blogs can be found here: https://github.com/OpenObservatory/design/issues/2 It's worth noting that we created a graph based on this style guide for our Cuba report, which was re-used by Motherboard. We also started working on a style guide for the design of our apps: https://github.com/OpenObservatory/design/issues/3 Based on these new style guides, we created some mock-ups for the new design of our website (https://github.com/OpenObservatory/design/issues/5) and mobile apps (https://github.com/OpenObservatory/design/issues/7) ## Created new test lists In collaboration with community members, we created the following three new test lists: 1. Taiwan test list: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/205 2. Afghanistan test list: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/203 3. Angola test list: https://github.com/citizenlab/test-lists/pull/204 ## Research on securing probe orchestration We brainstormed and researched on how to best secure probe orchestration. Since this is a very critical components we believe it’s essential that it does not get compromise or if compromise happens it is mitigated. The results of these discussions are documented here: https://github.com/TheTorProject/proteus/issues/24 https://github.com/TheTorProject/proteus/issues/26 https://github.com/TheTorProject/proteus/issues/27 ## Progress on custom URL scheme A major feature request that we have received from our community members is to add support in our mobile clients for testing single URLs (independently from whether or not they are included in the Citizen Lab test lists). This was implemented with a custom URI scheme (ex. ooni://nettest/web_connectivity?url=http://google.com) that allows people to put a badge on their website that, when clicked by a user with the ooniprobe app installed, will run an ooniprobe measurement to a site of their choosing or, if they don’t have the app installed, prompt them to install it. This will allow people to encourage the usage of ooniprobe for testing the reachability of sites they care to monitor and/or run experiments that they believe are important. During August, we made progress towards implementing the custom URL scheme in our mobile apps and a new version of the app supporting the URI scheme to run tests with or without custom parameter will be released soon. More details abou this in the following tickets: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooniprobe-android/issues/66 ## Progress on data processing pipeline We continued to make progress on the engineering of our data processing pipeline. During August, we started the extraction of anomalies from the measurements and fixes a variety of different bugs we found in the processing of the data. More information about this can be found here: https://github.com/TheTorProject/ooni-pipeline/pull/62 ## Project Syndicate commentary about OONI We wrote a commentary explaining why running ooniprobe matters, which was published by Project Syndicate. The commentary can be found here: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/ooniprobe-internet-censorship-… Our commentary was subsequently cross-published by many other publishers as well. ## Userbase In August 2017 ooniprobe was run 78,464 times from 1,728 different vantage points across 159 countries around the world. This information can also be found through our stats here: https://measurements.ooni.torproject.org/stats ~ The OONI team.

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Community Team -- August report
by Alison Macrina 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Here are the highlights of the Community Team's work in August 2017: August 2017 Community Team report Meeting notes August 2017 ================================================================== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/CommunityTeam#Curre… Tor Meeting planning ================================================================== We're still soliciting agenda items for the Montreal meeting. If you haven't submitted your ideas yet, please add them to the meeting wiki that was linked in your invitation. We'll share out a draft agenda sometime in the next few weeks. Phoul has also been planning a relay operators meetup for the Montreal meeting. Support portal/support wiki ================================================================== We had a support wiki sprint and added tons of new material to the support wiki: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/teams/CommunityTeam/Suppo… Community documents ================================================================== We finished the proposal period for the contributor/membership guidelines document, which went up for a vote in September. Library Freedom Project ================================================================== LFP won a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to create an intensive privacy training program for librarians over the next two years. We're also working on a website redesign. Speakers bureau ================================================================== Sukhe gave a talk at the Greater Toronto Area Linux User Group (GTALUG). Next month he'll give a number of Tor talks in India. Phoul appeared on a privacy and security podcast: https://privacy-training.com/podcast.html. The community and communications teams began organizing some speaker training sessions for members of the speakers bureau. Tshirt requests ================================================================== We continue to handle all the tshirt requests! ================================================================== Next up: still more Tor Montreal meeting planning, reopening the code of conduct proposal, finishing outstanding items on support wiki, thinking of new places to ================================================================== Thanks for reading! -- Alison Macrina Community Team Lead The Tor Project

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