[tor-bugs] #9156 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB

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#9156: BridgeDB: Users try to add obfsbridges to their normal TBB
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 Reporter:  asn       |          Owner:     
     Type:  task      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal    |      Milestone:     
Component:  BridgeDB  |        Version:     
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 Phoul told me today that some users get bridges from the new BridgeDB
 page, and then try to add them to a normal Tor Browser Bundle (that
 doesn't understand PTs).

 This means that those users completely ignored 'Step 1: Get the Pluggable
 Transports Tor Browser Bundle'. Can we help those users out somehow?

 We could '''force''' users to download the bundle by making BridgeDB a
 wizard that actually requires you to do step 1 before proceeding to step
 2. I'm not sure if this is a good idea though. It might infuriate users
 who know what they are doing.

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