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subtitle: We put our users in the center of our development process. That is how we bring privacy-enhancing technology to the ones who more need it. Explore what we are working on and start to run user research with your local community.
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These are our current needs for testing Tor products, as well as methodologies and testing scripts. Before running Tor user research, be sure you read our [Guidelines to becoming a user researcher with Tor](https://community.torproject.org/user-research/guidelines).

### Tor Browser for Desktop
* [User Research: Onboarding](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2019/4._Tor_Browser_Desktop_-_download__launch__browse.pdf)
* [User Research: Security Settings](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2019/2.Tor_Browser_Desktop_-_Security_Settings.pdf)
* User Research: New Identity
* [User Needs Discovery](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2019/1._User_Needs_Discovery_-_Tor_Browser_Desktop.pdf)

### Tor Browser for Android
* [User Research: Onboarding](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2019/3._Tor_Browser_Android_-_download__launch__browse.pdf)
* User Research: Security Settings
* User Research: New Identity
* [User Needs Discovery](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2019/1._User_Needs_Discovery_-_Tor_Browser_Desktop.pdf)

### Onion Services
* User Research: Onion Security Indicator

## Past User Research
We’re committed to open design, so you can see the user research we’ve conducted in the global-south. If you want to run user research with us, please [get in touch.](https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ux)

| Project  | Methodology | Locations | Dates | Reporting |
| -------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ----- |
| Tor Launcher | Usability testing ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/1.India_User_testing_Tor_Launcher_Test.pdf)) | Mumbai(IN) | Q118 | .pdf |
| Onion Security Indicator | Usability testing ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/2.User_testing_.onion_states_Test.pdf)) | Mumbai(IN), Kampala(UG), Valencia(ES), Mombasa(KE)| Q118, Q218 | [.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/reports/2018/ur_kenya_2018_Feature_report__Onions_and_Circuit_Display.pdf) |
| TB Circuit Display | Usability testing ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/3.User_testing_circuit_display_Test.pdf)) | Kampala(UG), Nairobi(KE), Mombasa(KE) | Q118, Q218 | [.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/reports/2018/ur_kenya_2018_Feature_report__Onions_and_Circuit_Display.pdf) |
| Tor Browser for Desktop | User needs discovery ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/4.00_user_needs_discovery.pdf)) | Bogotá(CL), Cali(CL), Valle del Cauca(CL), Kampala(UG), Hoima(UG), Nairobi(KE)  | 2018 | [.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/reports/2018/ur_colombia_2018_report_tbb-tba.pdf) |
| Tor Browser for Android | User needs discovery ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/4.00_user_needs_discovery.pdf)) | Bogotá(CL), Cali(CL), Valle del Cauca(CL), Kampala(UG), Hoima(UG), Nairobi(KE)  | 2018 | [.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/reports/2018/ur_colombia_2018_report_tbb-tba.pdf) |
| Tor Users Demographics | Survey ([.pdf](https://dip.torproject.org/torproject/ux/research/blob/master/scripts%20and%20activities/2018/6.Spanish_-_Tor_Project_Survey_-_Tor_Users_Demographics.pdf)) | Online  | 2018 | .pdf |
