[tbb-bugs] #25658 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor Browser's security features

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#25658: Activity 2.1: Improve user understanding and user control by clarifying Tor
Browser's security features
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 Reporter:  isabela                        |          Owner:  antonela
     Type:  project                        |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  High                           |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team, TorBrowserTeam201811  |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                                 |        Sponsor:  Sponsor17
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Comment (by antonela):

 Replying to [comment:56 gk]:

 > What about mcs's comment:54 which seems like a good thing to do to me.

 Yes, is a good thing. But we have been trying to have a different icon for
 each state since March. The iterations I made were 8 and nothing seems to
 convince us.

 This idea aims to have *one* icon that people can rely upon to refer to
 security settings and as a plus, we have the doorhanger, one click far, to
 have more information. Pretty similar on what Firefox is doing with their
 privacy features.

 If you think that having a number solves this requirement, like what you
 have cited in your proposal, I'm in. Despite the fact that is hard for
 non-technical users to define if the security is incremental and defer it
 by numbers, is ok if you think that this is the way to indicate users
 their security level. 1 is the default? 2 is safer? 3 is safest?

 Let me know and I'll include it.

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