[tbb-dev] Work left before releasing the first alpha for Tor Bowser on Android

[Igor Oliveira]

Hey,

On 03/13/2018 10:21 PM, Georg Koppen wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> While doing roadmapping on Sunday we decided to work towards getting our
> first alpha for Tor Browser on Android out in July this year. Sitting
> together today we discussed what needs to be done by then. The blockers
> for that release are:
> 
> 1) The first alpha should not be based on Firefox ESR but on the regular
> release channel which we tend to follow for the mobile Tor Browser
> 2) We need to make sure there are no proxy bypasses possible
> 3) We need good hints for our users that this is an alpha, possibly
> showing the missing features (UX team help)
> 
> Moreover, the following things should have been investigated by then:
> 
> a) What do we want to do with the updater/updating users in case we want
> to not only use Google's Play Store but have the browser availale in
> F-Droid and on our website as well?
> b) Are the first-party-isolation and fingerprinting defenses on Android
> working if the respective preferences are flipped?
> 
> That means we don't plan to include Torbutton nor Tor Launcher right
> now, which should happen later. Neither are we planning to have the
> reproducible build of that browser ready by then. This is planned for
> the second alpha scheduled for September.
> 

What about the features in the Torbutton such as domain isolator,
content policy and dragDropFilter(maybe it happens in Samsung)? are we
going to ship them?

Igor

> Let me know if I forgot something or whether the above does not make any
> sense.
> 
> Georg
> 
> 
> 
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