Tor usage doubles in under a week, and no one knows why
The number of directly connecting users from Russia does appear to have doubled [1], but this can also be seen in UK user numbers [2]. For such an increase to be seen globally my hunch is that this is down to either the Pirate Browser [3] or some other software release - not necessarily a response to a particular law being passed, NSA leak etc.<p>[1] <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/direct-users.png?start=2013-05-31&events=off&end=2013-08-29&country=ru" rel="nofollow">https://metrics.torproject.org/direct-users.png?start=2013-0...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/direct-users.png?start=2013-05-31&events=off&end=2013-08-29&country=gb" rel="nofollow">https://metrics.torproject.org/direct-users.png?start=2013-0...</a><p>[3] <a href="http://piratebrowser.com/" rel="nofollow">http://piratebrowser.com/</a>