[metrics-bugs] #22369 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services

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#22369: Increase of users in Ukraine due to block of Russia-based services
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:  metrics-team
     Type:  project                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  censorship block ua          |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by arma):

 Replying to [comment:1 dcf]:
 > A large fraction of the increase may be attributable to the use of
 [https://freeu.online/ FreeU Browser], a browser containing Tor

 Three observations:

 A) If many of the new users are because of this browser, and if the
 browser only sends requests for a few domains through Tor, then we have a
 lot of new Tor clients that mostly aren't adding load to the network.
 Sounds fine to me.

 B) I'm happy, not sad, that they aren't shouting "and this browser uses
 Tor!" along with the release. This way nobody gets confused about what
 security properties they do or don't get, since the browser side doesn't
 contain any of the privacy fixes done by Tor Browser:
 https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/

 C) Does this mean that mail.ru is committing to supporting connections via
 Tor? So when people ask for good free webmail services that work with Tor,
 we should point them to mail.ru? :)

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