[tor-reports] Andrew's May 2014

[Andrew Lewman]

# Highlights

 - Attended and spoke at Stockholm Internet Forum. See the trip report
at https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-May/000538.html
 - Talked to three hardware companies looking to integrate Tor into
their products. Estimated customer based is thousands to 75 million devices.
 - Talked to two software companies looking to integrate Tor into their
products. Estimated customer base is 8 to 110 million installs across
Windows and OS X.
 - Helped structure, write, and review 5 proposals for funding.
 - Had 8 check-in calls with current vendors and existing funders.
Overall, pretty happy with our output.
 - Looked into legality of receiving a large financial donation from a
country on the US Treasury embargoed list. Unsurprisingly, we cannot
accept such a donation due to the source.
 - Was interviewed about 18 times from various global news organizations
about Tor-related topics.
 - Acquired an EV code signing cert based on a donation from a
well-respected certificate authority.
 - Finished helping to co-teach this semester's MIT Co-Design class.
Worked with an awesome team to produce a functional product to help
victims of domestic violence and technology.
 - Some great, positive articles about Tor were published:
    -
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/tor-is-being-used-as-a-safe-haven-for-victims-of-cyberstalking
    -
http://betaboston.com/news/2014/05/07/as-domestic-abuse-goes-digital-shelters-turn-to-counter-surveillance-with-tor/
 - I was named one of the top thinkers and idealists by Boston Magazine,
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/04/29/power-of-ideas/4/
 - Found 4 more funding sources interested in receiving proposals from us
 - updated or finished a small pile of trac tickets related to trademark
trolls, website updates, and sysadmin tasks
 - worked on prep work for summer dev meeting
 - helped think through winter dev meeting

And here's the raw data through mid-May when I just got too busy to keep
writing down everything I did that hour:

data from https://gs.torproject.org/person/phobos


 finally resolved cage, sam, dla issues -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago
in #tor-status
interview with al jazeera done -- phobos, 3 weeks, 2 days ago in #tor-status
talked to person about sex trafficking -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in
#tor-status
talked to state senator about poorly worded bill -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3
days ago in #tor-status
talk with human trafficking commissioner on tech and usage -- phobos, 3
weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
interview VOIP providers for phone system quotes -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3
days ago in #tor-status
talk with survivor about press interviews -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago
in #tor-status
respond to DNB about their incorrect records -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days
ago in #tor-status
respond to DLA about renewing CAGE code and confusion -- phobos, 3
weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
talk to bank about current status -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in
#tor-status
help FSF write a script about tor relays -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago
in #tor-status
update websit emirrors -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
finalize 6 wire xfers -- phobos, 3 weeks, 3 days ago in #tor-status
administration work done for the day -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in
#tor-status
clear discussion done -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
npr interview done -- phobos, 3 weeks, 4 days ago in #tor-status
looking at tshirt options for the future -- phobos, 4 weeks, 1 day ago
in #tor-status
helped prepare for victim and court case -- phobos, 4 weeks, 1 day ago
in #tor-status
1:1 with employee done -- phobos, 4 weeks, 1 day ago in #tor-status
talked to national press org about tor, dv, and humanity -- phobos, 4
weeks, 1 day ago in #tor-status
talked to another org interested in deploying tor on their devices --
phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
talked to another potential sponsor -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
at MIT for codesign demo day -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
last mit codesign class meet -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
discussed tor and tor browser with anti-malware vendor -- phobos, 1
month ago in #tor-status
talked to mozilla about ffos, dev mtg, and futures -- phobos, 1 month
ago in #tor-status
donate.wml redesign underway, per ticket #11775 -- phobos, 1 month ago
in #tor-status
talked to some local peruvian immigrants wondering about being tracked
-- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
responded to press request about hidden service metrics -- phobos, 1
month ago in #tor-status
responded to 2 press requests -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
demo dv, tor, and stats site is underway -- phobos, 1 month ago in
#tor-status
next article about dv, tech, tor, published:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/tor-is-being-used-as-a-safe-haven-for-victims-of-cyberstalking
-- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
starting talks with a fifth vendor who wants to integrate tor into their
products -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
responded to more press about tor, dv, tech -- phobos, 1 month ago in
#tor-status
more ev cert progress -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
signed contracts -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
slowly making progress on PETS funding -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
responded to more press about tor, dv, and tech -- phobos, 1 month ago
in #tor-status
press answered -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
more invoices paid -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
in process to PETS donation -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
and even closer to code signing cert -- phobos, 1 month ago in #tor-status
closer to code signing cert -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
article on tor, dv, and tech published,
http://betaboston.com/news/2014/05/07/as-domestic-abuse-goes-digital-shelters-turn-to-counter-surveillance-with-tor/
-- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
paid out a slew of invoices -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
talked to yet another person infected with some cryptolocker malware
thinking we did this to raise funds -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in
#tor-status
advising on proposal to use tech to help map and stop labor trafficking
in select parts of the world -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
discussed tor integration with ClearOS people -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week
ago in #tor-status
worked with abuse victim to secure data needed for trial -- phobos, 1
month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
interview with dissident blog published,
http://dissidentblog.org/en/articles/tor-project -- phobos, 1 month, 1
week ago in #tor-status
finished live event for crosstalk at KTH in Stockholm -- phobos, 1 month, 1
week ago in #tor-status
bills approved, checks sent -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
weekly 1:1 done -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
mit codesign class visit done -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
started process of getting EV code signing cert -- phobos, 1 month, 1
week ago in #tor-status
added design mockup -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
opened donations page redesign ticket,
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/11775 -- phobos, 1
month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
approved more blog comments -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
thanks to arma for setting up the https part of
https://petsymposium.org/2014/ -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
thanks to sarah for writing up the dvdb spec for crawling,
https://gitorious.org/ipvtech/ipvtech-crawler/source/bc1534d92251082537b5fe1d64dc9cf0dcd63676:docs/DVDBSpec.odt
-- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
prepped gunner for paris -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
fixed macx86 -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
timesheets approved -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
ordered cert for pets -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
finished visa letters -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
extended contract for sponsorH -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
sorted through spam/non-spam blog comments, approved 50 non-spam --
phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
interview with ABC done -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
opened #11678 -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
developing timesheet and expense policy updates -- phobos, 1 month, 1
week ago in #tor-status
handed off invoicing for sponsorF to accounting -- phobos, 1 month, 1
week ago in #tor-status
talked to press about tor -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
talked to bank -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
extended sponsorH contract through 2014 -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago
in #tor-status
updated bwauth -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
fixed office internet connection -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in
#tor-status
resolved banking stupidity -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
attended reception for "power of ideas" event -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week
ago in #tor-status
filed Q3 report with sponsor O -- phobos, 1 month, 1 week ago in #tor-status
met future AG of MA -- phobos, 1 month, 2 weeks ago in #tor-status
talked to victim of cryptolocker virus -- phobos, 1 month, 2 weeks ago
in #tor-status
named one of the new Boston power class by Boston Magazine,
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2014/04/29/power-of-ideas/4/
-- phobos, 1 month, 2 weeks ago in #tor-status
reviewed q3 sponsor O report -- phobos, 1 month, 2 weeks ago in #tor-status

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Andrew
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