[tor-bugs] #4496 [Tor Support]: Create an IM bot that can send out software and documentation

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#4496: Create an IM bot that can send out software and documentation
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 Reporter:  runa         |          Owner:  runa                     
     Type:  task         |         Status:  needs_information        
 Priority:  normal       |      Milestone:  Sponsor E: March 15, 2012
Component:  Tor Support  |        Version:                           
 Keywords:               |         Parent:                           
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Changes (by mazda):

 * cc: mazda@… (added)


Comment:

 "No. The problem with sharing files with users this way is that the users
 won't remain anonymous. If I share the Tor Browser Bundle with Alice  and
 Bob, then Alice will see that I have shared it with Bob, and Bob  will see
 that I have shared it with Alice."

 As long as we only give users "reader" permission, they won't be able to
 see each other's name, they only see our EMail Address as owner. This
 comment is true, when Alice gives Bob 'Owner' or 'editor' permissions.
 I'll double check this, but I'm pretty sure I had this in mind.

 Replying to [comment:9 runa]:


 > Replying to [comment:8 mazda]:
 >
 > > When Iran started messing with Tor's website SSL certificate in Iran,
 It made me start thinking about alternative methods to deliver a Tor
 Bundle to users. I then asked myself, what are some of the most popular
 services and ports in Iran? I watched the traffic on some of my own
 tunnels and noticed Google is the most popular service for my Iranian
 users. In past I used to distribute Tunnelling clients and 1-hop proxy
 addresses using XMPP bots. Idea was that instead of having users call me
 and ask me directly, they can talk to a bot and have 24/7 access to
 fresh/new proxies. This worked really great, as XMPP is almost real-time.
 > >
 >
 > So docs.google.com is accessible for all of (or most of) the users in
 Iran?
 >
 >
 > > For example, user would send "farsi windows" to
 torbot_fa at torproject.org and the bot would share the "Farsi Tor Browser
 Bundle" with the email address of the user. The Bot can respond in 2 ways:
 > >
 > > 1. Return a publicly accessible link:
 https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1UoFyys_KopMjIyNGE5ZWItYzY5Yi00OTllLTg2ZmYtMWEyMGRmY2RlNGE3
 > >
 >
 > Yep. That URL is (or can be, at least) accessible to any user, not just
 those with a Google account.
 >
 >
 > > 2. Share the Google Doc file with the user, and Google would shoot out
 a notification email
 > >
 >
 > No. The problem with sharing files with users this way is that the users
 won't remain anonymous. If I share the Tor Browser Bundle with Alice and
 Bob, then Alice will see that I have shared it with Bob, and Bob will see
 that I have shared it with Alice.
 >
 >
 > > We would need to maintain latest copies of Tor packages on Google
 Docs. In order to overcome the storage limits, we can have 1 user created
 for each Language!
 > >
 >
 > I wonder how many languages we would need to support. I should look up
 how many localized packages we distribute via GetTor per month.

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