[tor-project] Tails report for September and October 2022

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Tails report for September and October 2022 
<https://tails.boum.org/news/report_2022_10/>


 Highlights

Here's a glimpse at what happened in Tails in September and October.


   Analyzing results of usability tests

We analyzed the results of the usability tests we did in São Paulo:

 * first-time use
   <https-everywhere://lists.autistici.org/message/20221012.181235.a673efeb.en.html>
 * Tor Connection
   <https://lists.autistici.org/message/20221012.140611.7e58f067.en.html>

Then we prioritized the issues identified there and planned to fix a 
bunch of them in the next few months.


   New features

Our developers brought 3 major new features to beta quality:

 *

   New Persistent Storage, completely redesigned and vastly more usable

 *

   Wayland and better Unsafe Browser, for better security in depth and
   usability

 *

   QR code scanning for Tor bridges

We will only release these features officially in Tails 5.8 (December 
2022), but you cantry them already in Tails 5.8~beta1 
<https://tails.boum.org/news/test_5.8-beta1/>!


   Donation campaign

We launched our end-of-year donation campaign.

Donations from passionate people like you are our most valuable source 
of funding because they guarantee our independence. We are a very small 
nonprofit and our yearly budget is ridiculously small compared to the 
value of Tails.

Donate now <https://tails.boum.org/donate/index.en.html>to fight 
surveillance and censorship!


 Releases

Tails 5.5 was released on October 17 
<https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.5/index.en.html>, including:

 *

   Update/Thunderbird/to102.3.0
   <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/102.3.0/releasenotes/>.

   /Thunderbird/102 is a major update withmany changes to the
   navigation, folder icons, and address book
   <https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/thunderbird-102-released-a-serious-upgrade-to-your-communication/>.

   /Thunderbird/102 also includes important usability improvements to
   the OpenPGP feature. When composing an email, you can now see
   whether it will be encrypted or not. If encryption is impossible, a
   key assistant helps you solve key issues.

   Thunderbird composer window with encryption turned on and
   notification about a missing key and how to resolve the issue.

 *

   Always ask to configure a screen locking password when pressing
   Ctrl+L and no administration pasword was set. (#19090
   <https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/19090>)

Tails 5.6 was released on October 25 
<https://tails.boum.org/news/version_5.6/index.en.html>.


 Metrics

Tails has been started more than 698 160 times in September, and 736 378 
times in October. This makes 23 517 boots a day on average.

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