Hello! Below
is my July’24 report!
In July, I
resolved 587 tickets:
On Telegram
(@TorProjectSupportBot) - 427
On RT
(frontdesk@tpo) - 145
On WhatsApp
(+447421000612) - 13
and on
Signal (+17787431312) - 2.
My main
focus is to help Russian-speaking users get access to Tor. To do
that I:
1. Share
bridges and instructions.
2. Collect
feedback.
3. Help with
troubleshooting.
4. Monitor
censorship events in the Central
Asia countries
[1].
The
increased internet censorship in Russia, in particular, the
throttling of YouTube [2], led to an
increase in the number of tickets at the end of the month.
I continue
to collect information on the bug with Tor Browser for Android (TBA)
not
working on Samsung devices [3].
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.
Also, I
continue to review Russian
translations in
weblate, which
often helps to improve our
user documentation [6].
[5]
Thanks!