Tor Support Portal "How can I verify Tor Browser's signature" has inaccurate instructions that can prevent signature verification of Tor Browser
At https://support.torproject.org/tbb/how-to-verify-signature/,
the subsection macOS and Linux" / For macOS users
presents instructions to mac OS users to run terminal command
gpg --verify ~/Downloads/TorBrowser-8.0.8-osx64_en-US.dmg{.asc,}
On macOS, running that command returns terminal output
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: the signature could not be verified.
Please remember that the signature file (.sig or .asc)
should be the first file given on the command line.
However, running terminal command
gpg --verify ~/Downloads/{.asc,} TorBrowser-8.0.8-osx64_en-US.dmg
returns terminal output
gpg: Signature made Mon Jul 8 03:56:12 2019 PDT
gpg: using RSA key EB774491D9FF06E2
gpg: Good signature from "Tor Browser Developers (signing key) <torbrowser@torproject.org>"
If we instruct new Tor Browser users, who might become discouraged by the terminal return
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: the signature could not be verified.
Please remember that the signature file (.sig or .asc)
should be the first file given on the command line.
to instead run terminal command
gpg --verify ~/Downloads/{.asc,} TorBrowser-8.0.8-osx64_en-US.dmg,
perhaps more Tor Browser users with less experience might complete a proper verification of Tor Browser's signature, and Tor Browser might gain more new users.
Trac:
Username: monmire