[tor-bugs] #23267 [- Select a component]: Cross-platform brand and features consistency: make Android and iOS browsers as good as TBB

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#23267: Cross-platform brand and features consistency: make Android and iOS
browsers as good as TBB
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     Reporter:  linda                 |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  project               |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                |  Milestone:
    Component:  - Select a component  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                |   Keywords:  ux-team
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 = Background =

 Currently, when users go to the app store, they get a bunch of apps that
 are impersonating Tor. Here are
 [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WoQyQPSqFWDQ2zHZsCajy6Nb8oVC9EPl7M0aFNtg7OI/edit?usp=sharing
 some examples]. Choosing the right mobile browser endorsed by Tor is
 difficult, when the "official" browsers (tor on mobile for Android, and
 onionbrowser for iOS, both use different icons, are developed by people
 who are not Tor, and have different names).

 Even if people manage to download the correct browser, the users don't get
 all of the security guarantees that the desktop browser provides, and the
 mobile application has a subset of the features that the desktop browser
 has. We should make sure that the security guarantees and functionalities
 are as equivalent as possible.

 = Vision =

 All the browsers that we endorse across platforms are called Tor Browser,
 use the same icons, are developed by us, have the same(ish) security
 guarentees, have the same(ish) set of features, deploy/update at the same
 time. That way, users aren't confused, and we get more mobile users!

 = Scope =

 This project is more of an ongoing, multi-year effort to pour a lot of
 effort into mobile. Anything from improving brand consistency, adding
 features to mobile, and helping test the mobile apps count.

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