#21014: TR is blocking Tor connections -----------------------------------------+------------------------------ Reporter: mrphs | Owner: metrics-team Type: task | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Metrics/Censorship analysis | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: censorship block tr Turkey | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: -----------------------------------------+------------------------------
Comment (by dcf): Tor metrics graphs show a large ''increase'' in users (both relay and bridge) in recent days, starting on 2016-12-12. I first heard of it from [https://twitter.com/josswright/status/809379534420185089 Joss Wright's twitter] reporting a find of their [http://lists.infolabe.net/lists/listinfo/infolabe-anomalies anomaly detector]. The brief spike in relay users and sustained jump in bridge users on November 4 was the same date as [https://motherboard.vice.com/read/turkey- doubles-down-on-censorship-with-block-on-vpns-tor government orders to block Tor and VPNs]. The more recent increase on December 12, I don't know what might have caused. [[Image(userstats-relay-country-tr-2016-09-18-2016-12-17-off.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-relay- country.html?start=2016-09-18&end=2016-12-17&country=tr&events=off link] [[Image(userstats-bridge-country-tr-2016-09-18-2016-12-17.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- country.html?start=2016-09-18&end=2016-12-17&country=tr link] [[Image(userstats-bridge-combined-tr-2016-09-18-2016-12-17.png)]] [https://metrics.torproject.org/userstats-bridge- combined.html?start=2016-09-18&end=2016-12-17&country=tr link] -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21014#comment:3> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online _______________________________________________ tor-bugs mailing list tor-bugs@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-bugs