Thanks ebanam! I appreciate learning about the impact of different projects on the users we are helping. :)

On 8/14/24 9:50 PM, ebanam wrote:

Hello everyone!

This is the user support report for the month of July. We saw another uptick in tickets from Chinese speaking users which can be attributed to the amazing outreach work[0]! Most of my work last month consisted of helping users in regions where Tor is censored which usually involves helping with instructions on how to use bridges, snowflake and other censorship circumvention methods, accessing Tor mirror sites, using GetTor as an alternative way to fetch Tor Browser binaries and general troubleshooting.

As an interesting fact, July also saw more tickets coming in from email than Telegram! :)

# Frontdesk (email support channel)

• 546(↓) RT tickets created
• 602(↑) RT tickets resolved

Tickets by numbers:

1. 343(↑) RT tickets: private bridge requests from Chinese speaking

users.

2. 139(↑) RT tickets: circumventing censorship in Russian

speaking countries.

3. 4(↑) RT tickets: Circumventing censorship with

Tor in Farsi.

4. 4 RT tickets: Reports of websites blocking Tor.

5. 4 RT tickets: 'New Identity' feature is not working in latest versions

of Tor Browser for Android.[1]

6. 3 RT tickets: Questions about the banner

warning users about the upcoming EOL for Win ≤8.1 and macOS ≤10.14.[2]

Highlighting some other topics we received questions and feedback:

7. 3 RT tickets: Help with troubleshooting Tor Browser install on

Windows.

8. Instructions and help with verifying Tor Browser's PGP

signature.

# Telegram, WhatsApp and Signal Support channel

• 498(↓) tickets resolved

Breakdown:

• 476(↓) tickets on Telegram
• 20(-) tickets on WhatsApp
• 2(↓) ticket on Signal

Tickets by numbers:

1. 286(↓) tickets: circumventing censorship in Russian speaking

countries.

2. 52(↑) tickets: circumventing censorship with Tor in Farsi.

3. 23(↓) tickets: private bridge requests from Chinese speaking users.

4. 20 tickets: helping users on iOS, using Onion Browser or Orbot, to

use censorship circumvention methods.

Highlighting some other topics we received questions about:

5. 6 tickets: instructions on how to get Tor Browser binaries from

GetTor.

6. 2 tickets: Reports of fake Tor apps in iOS App Store.

7. Help with troubleshooting Tor Browser install on macOS.

# Highlights from the Tor Forum

1. Element's WebApp not working with Tor Browser.[3]

2. Importing browser data into Tor Browser.[4]

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