[tor-project] sajolida's report for January 2025

[sajolida via tor-project <tor-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Tails
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- Tails played a surprising role in busting undercover cops in Cataluña!

  https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/infiltrats/video/6319194/ (30:00 to 31:25)

  We discussed how we could us this information to improve Tails for the
  people we do care about:

  * https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/20749
  * https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/7496

  I contacted the journalists behind this case to get more info.

- Presented Tails at ProtectCon, a conference about digital security for
  domestic violence survivors, together with Raya.

  https://protectcon.org/

- Uploaded and improved our generic presentation slides:

  https://tails.net/contribute/how/promote/slides/

- Fixed 11 small and old documentation issues.

  That was about a third of all documentation issues in our backlog :)

  * Have an FAQ about messaging apps (#18956)
    https://tails.net/support/faq/#messaging

  * Document better the RSS reader of Thunderbird (#19392)
    https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird/#news

  * Document that the chat feature of Thunderbird doesn't work (#19704)
    https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/thunderbird/

  * Document how to persist fonts (#19908)
    https://tails.net/doc/persistent_storage/additional_fonts/

  * Document the keyboard layout on the Boot Loader Menu (#16233)
    https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/boot_options/

  * Allow changing boot options permanently (#18268)
    https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/boot_options/#index3h1

  * Document using Tor bridges as entry guards (#11884)
    https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/circuits/#view

  * Document restarting Tor to change all circuits (#18268)
    https://tails.net/doc/anonymous_internet/tor/circuits/#view

  * Document basic keyboard shortcuts for accessibility (#19904)
    https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/accessibility/#shortcuts

  * Keyboard shortcuts needs documentation or implementation (#18974)
    https://tails.net/doc/first_steps/desktop/#shortcuts

  * Add a warning about proprietary blobs in Trusting Tails (#12722)
    https://tails.net/doc/about/trust/

- Fixed 2 small and new documentation issues

  * Outdated suggestion to run "sudo tails-debugging-info" (#20466)
  * Setting up a permanent hidden service (#20742)
  * Document collected addresses in Thunderbird (!1906)

- Designed a warning about the risks of unplugging the USB stick (#5760)

- Discussed our roadmap for 2025 with the Tails Team

Tor VPN
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- Upgraded the Raspberry Pi that I use to simulate censorship to
  Debian 12 (Bookworm). All the networking changed!

  https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/ux/-/commit/5270e28b

--
sajolida

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