Phase Three
Timeline
September 16, 2011 - March 15, 2012.
Deliverables
Recruiting more bridges and relays
- The Excito B3 Torouter [Runa]
- Wait for Excito to release an update with the Tor web interface (#2791)
- Roll out beta test program and get feedback from users (#3646)
Advocacy, outreach and support
- Investigate the possibility of doing virtual trainings (live video streams, twitter feeds, Google+ etc) [Runa] (#4494)
- Keep translations of Tor software and documentation up to date [Runa, partner]
- Develop training materials in Arabic, English, and Farsi
- Create videos explaining how to download and use Tor on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows ['''partner'''] (#4495)
- Set up a Tor support desk:
- Set up and evaluate the Tor support system ['''Runa'''] (#4068, #4412)
- Find volunteer support assistants who speak Arabic, English, and/or Farsi ['''Runa''', '''partner''']
- Find new ways to distribute Tor:
- Create an IM bot that can send out Tor software and documentation ['''partner'''] (#4496)
- Branding/animated video encouraging more people to run bridges and relays [Karen, Runa] (#4468)
- Get more people excited about Tor:
- Launch a video campaign using Tor training videos and animations ['''Tor''', '''partner'''] (#4497)
Investigate ways to build and deploy an enhanced bridge infrastructure
- Automated alerts to detect blocking events based on Tor usage data [Tom, Karsten] (#2718)
- Automated bridge allocation to reallocate bridges from a blocked country to others that do not block [Aaron] (#5027)
- Handle measurement flow and feedback from bridges to the bridge authority (see below)
- Investigate scaling points to handle more bridges - we don't need to build and deploy anything at this point, research and planning will do just fine [Karsten, Runa] (#4499)
- Write a paper (or a blog post) on the risks of being a bridge vs just a client (follow-on to On the risks of serving whenever you surf) [Steven, Roger] (#4498)
Internet censorship awareness
- Real time information on internet censorship (could be ooni-probe, planetarian aggregator, the active scanning project) (#4501)
- Write blog posts on strategies to avoid risk and protect online identity [Tor, partner] (#4509)
- Development of planetarian aggregator (a website that downloads and aggregates news feeds, including blog posts) [Andrew, Runa] (#4472, #5200)
- Compile information about censorship and security threats; the issues we and our users run into and how we deal with each one (for example a wiki, or a series of blog posts for the planet) (#4502)
- One-stop resource hub for advice and strategies for users in Iran [partner]