[tor-bugs] #20495 [Metrics/Censorship analysis]: Unexplained drop in meek users, 2016-10-19 to 2016-11-10

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#20495: Unexplained drop in meek users, 2016-10-19 to 2016-11-10
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 Reporter:  dcf                          |          Owner:
     Type:  task                         |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                       |      Milestone:
Component:  Metrics/Censorship analysis  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  cn us ru de gb meek          |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by dcf):

 The drop might have been caused by problems in an Orbot release. The dates
 match up:

 https://groups.google.com/d/msg/traffic-obf/CSJLt3t-_OI/FnAqWqquAwAJ
 > Could have been the tumultuous upgrade cycle we had for the last version
 of Orbot... We released an RC that was pretty broken, taking out a good
 chunk of our users for awhile starting around October 20th:
 > https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-
 dev/2016-October/004938.html
 > and finally stabilizing around Nov 7th:
 > https://lists.mayfirst.org/pipermail/guardian-
 dev/2016-November/004986.html

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