[tbb-bugs] #24527 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Inform users in Tor Launcher of which settings are best for them based on their country

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#24527: Inform users in Tor Launcher of which settings are best for them based on
their country
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     Reporter:  hellais                   |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  enhancement               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
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 Tor Browser Launcher would, for countries where we know Tor to either work
 for sure or not work for sure, advise users on whether to use a bridge or
 not.

 This does open the question of "How does Tor Launcher know the country of
 the user"?

 I think this is at the end of the day a UX question, that can have various
 ways of doing it. For example you can have the user input their country
 (but that is maybe a bit sketchy from the users perspective) or you could
 show them a list of countries where tor is known to work OK and a list of
 where it's known to not work.

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