Hello,

Thanks everyone who made it to today's UX team monthly meeting! We're looking forward to seeing you all again in October.

Here are the minutes:

http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.html

Today we reviewed the script for the UX team’s upcoming VPN user survey, which will help us determine which VPNs the community use most, why they use a VPN, and how it fits into their browsing experience. Lastly, we also discussed the August 2021 user feedback report.

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== Monthly User Experience Team Meeting ==

Open IRC meetings happen monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday October 5th at 1400 UTC in #tor-meeting on OFTC.

Here are the minutes from our most recent meetings:

September 7th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-09-07-14.00.log.html

August 3rd: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-08-03-13.59.log.html

July 13th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-07-13-14.00.log.html

June 8th: http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-06-08-14.00.log.... http://meetbot.debian.net/tor-meeting/2021/tor-meeting.2021-06-08-14.00.log.html

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== 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%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%209&label_name%5B%5D=UX

S30 - Empowering Communities in the Global South to Bypass Censorship

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%2030&label_name%5B%5D=UX 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 S103 – Collaborative ResistancE to Web Surveillance (CREWS)

https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%... https://gitlab.torproject.org/groups/tpo/-/issues?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=Sponsor%20103 == Announcements ==

* Tor Browser 10.5.5 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1055 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1055

* Tor Browser Alpha 11.0a5 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a5 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a5

* Tor Browser Alpha 11.0a6 Release (Android only): https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a6 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-110a6

* Tails 4.22 Release: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-422 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-422

* V2 Onion Services deprecation: https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/ https://status.torproject.org/issues/2021-05-6-v2-deprecation/

== Agenda ==

1. VPN user survey:

- Move "Why do you use a VPN" question earier in the branch/thread - How device-agnostic vs. Android-specific should the survey be? - If device-agnostic, include full selection of web-browsers and VPN providers - If Android specific, feature very explicit wording explaining this

2. User Feedback Report – August 2021: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-September/003177.htm... https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2021-September/003177.html

- 9 reports of confusion regarding the V2 deprecation warning: are these users on older versions of TB (and as such still see the banner on about:tor), or do these reports pertain to the V2 deprecation error screen itself?

== 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!

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Duncan Larsen-Russell Product Manager & UX Team Lead

duncan@torproject.org mailto:duncan@torproject.org