Hi!
Below is my April’25 report!
In
April, I resolved 629 (↓47) tickets:
- On
Telegram (@TorProjectSupportBot) - 531 (↓40);
- On
RT (frontdesk@tpo) - 94 (↓8);
- On
WhatsApp (+447421000612) - 3 (0);
- And
on Signal (+17787431312) - 1 (↑1).
My main
focus remains the same: I help Russian-speaking users bypass
censorship and troubleshoot any issues with Tor Browser.
I
documented the
latest internet censorship developments in
Russia[1] and
how
it's affecting Tor users, for example, Tails users connecting
over Tele2, Beeline and other mobile providers in Russia
are having a very difficult time to connect to Tor as obfs4 is
no longer working for them. Adding
Webtunnel support in more Tor powered apps like Orbot and Tails
would help Russian users to connect to Tor.
In
April'25 we had a major release 14.5 [2] - so I worked on
updating templates in Russian to reflect the latest changes.
I also
took part in the translation of the Tor Browser User Survey into
Russian[3].
We've
received some feedback regarding the changes in how Tor Browser
14.5 handles OS spoofing in the HTTP User-Agent header. There
was some misunderstanding, with concerns that certain
fingerprinting protections might have been removed. I reassured
users that Tor Browser still spoofs the operating system version
and architecture, limiting this information to broad categories
such as Windows, macOS, Linux, or Android. What’s new in version
14.5 is that this behavior is now consistent across both
JavaScript and HTTP headers.
## Google
Play Reviews for Tor Browser (TBA) and
Tor Browser Alpha for
Android
- Tor
Browser for Android had a Google Play rating of 4.416
(↑0.01) stars in April, higher than in March’25.
- Tor
Browser for Android (TBA) got 625 (↓69) reviews out of
62,020 for the lifetime.
- Tor
Browser for Android Alpha (TBA
-
Alpha)
app had a rating of 4.213 (↑0.005) starts in April, higher
than in March’25.
- In
April, Tor Browser for Android (TBA
-
Alpha)
got 45 (↓4) reviews out of 8,555 for the lifetime.
In April
the major complaints we got about Tor Browser for Android were
related to Tor Browser speed (15).