[TWN team] Recent changes to the wiki pages
Lunar
lunar at torproject.org
Sat Mar 1 23:20:08 UTC 2014
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==== https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/TorWeeklyNews/2014/9 ====
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version 38
Author: harmony
Date: 2014-03-01T22:48:01+00:00
more writing/small fixes
--- version 37
+++ version 38
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
developers have released [XXX] an experimental disk image which
turns it on by default, alongside a step-by-step guide to trying it
out and reporting any issues encountered. However, as the developers
-note, “this is a test image. Do not use it for anything other than
+state, “this is a test image. Do not use it for anything other than
testing this feature.” If you are willing to take note of this caveat,
please feel free to download the test image and let the community
know what you find.
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
The wave of regular monthly reports from Tor project members for the
month of February has begun. Georg Koppen released his report
first [XXX], followed by reports from Sherief Alaa [XXX], Pearl
-Crescent [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], and Colin C. [XXX], Lunar [XXX],
-and Kelley Misata [XXX].
-
-Lunar also reported for the help desk [XXX].
+Crescent [XXX], Nick Mathewson [XXX], Colin C. [XXX], Lunar [XXX], and
+Kelley Misata [XXX].
+
+Lunar also reported on behalf of the help desk [XXX].
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-February/000464.html
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-February/000465.html
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@
[XXX]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/02/open-letter-to-tech-companies
-Nick Mathewson also sent out [XXX] the latest in his irregular series of
+Nick Mathewson also detailed [XXX] a change in the way that the core Tor
+development team will use the bugtracker’s “milestone” feature to
+separate tickets marked for resolution in a given Tor version from those
+that can be deferred to a later release.
+
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006341.html
+
+Nick then sent out [XXX] the latest in his irregular series of
Tor proposal status updates, containing summaries of each open proposal,
guidance for reviewers, and notes for further work. If you'd like to
help Tor’s development by working on one of these proposals, start here!
@@ -150,6 +157,16 @@
Reporting Conference in Baltimore [XXX].
[XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-March/000470.html
+
+Having co-authored a paper in 2012 on usability issues connected with
+the Tor Browser Bundle [XXX], Greg Norcie drew attention [XXX] to a
+follow-up study named “Why Johnny Can’t Blow the Whistle”, [XXX] which
+focuses on verifying the conclusions of the earlier tests while
+exploring a number of other possible usability improvements.
+
+ [XXX]: http://petsymposium.org/2012/papers/hotpets12-1-usability.pdf
+ [XXX]: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032205.html
+ [XXX]: http://www.norcie.com/papers/torUSEC.pdf
Tor help desk roundup
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@@ -198,13 +215,10 @@
Possible items:
* Mozilla dev. reaching out: New API for TorBrowser add-on https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032204.html
- * Why Johnny Can't Blow the Whistle https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032205.html
* onion-everywhere? https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032220.html
* obfsclient release candidate https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006325.html
* fingerprinting through default charset #10703
- * change in milestone conventions https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006341.html
* tor2web proposal https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-dev/2014-February/006344.html
* Disk image instead of zip file for TBB on OS X: #4261 https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/images/TBBDMG.png
* Whonix 8 https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2014-February/032227.html (should be misc: I have yet still to see an analysis by an outsider -- Lunar)
- * Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
- * Trip Report: IRE and NICAR - Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-reports/2014-March/000470.html+ * Progress on a new bridge mode in Tails using Tor Launcher https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-February/005023.html
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