[metrics-bugs] #24669 [Metrics/Analysis]: Investigate what's causing the amazing 1/2 million increase in the number of German direct users

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#24669: Investigate what's causing the amazing 1/2 million increase in the number
of German direct users
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks       |      Owner:  metrics-team
         Type:  task              |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium            |  Milestone:
    Component:  Metrics/Analysis  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal            |   Keywords:
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 [[Image(https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-
 country.png?start=2017-09-20&end=2017-12-19&country=de&events=off)]]

 https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay-country.html?graph
 =userstats-relay-country&country=de

 Germany was experiencing a significant increase in users months earlier.

 Maybe people trying out the Tor Browser for privacy reasons after hearing
 about the Mozilla fiasco related to that "Mr. Robot" addon that was
 installed on everyone's browser? (Mozilla apologized for it:
 https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/update-looking-glass-add/ You can read
 about the whole fiasco here: https://www.ghacks.net/2017/12/16/firefox-
 looking-glass-extension-what-it-is/ )

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