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+### Objectives
+
+* Allow users to add contacts remotely, as well as by meeting in person
+* Support features that are common in other messaging apps: image attachments, a PIN lock, and a dark UI theme
+* Make it easier for organizations such as OCCRP to integrate Briar blogs and messages into their publishing workflows
+* Reduce power consumption
+* Support the use of Tor bridges in countries such as China where access to Tor is blocked
+* Establish a reproducible build process so users can be sure the app they are using was built from the published source code
+
+### Deliverables
+
+1. Adding contacts remotely
+    * Protocol and UX for adding contacts remotely via Tor, extensible to other transports
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+2. Image attachments
+    * Update sync protocol to support syncing large messages
+    * Update database and sync API to support storing and retrieving large messages
+    * Update all existing sync clients to use new database and sync API
+    * UX for sending and displaying image attachments
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+3. Account sign in improvements
+    * Remind user to sign in after device is restarted
+    * Optional PIN lock feature, enabling app to be locked while remaining signed in
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+4. Dark theme
+    * Dark UI theme, easier to use in low light
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+5. Headless server/desktop app
+    * Enable OCCRP to publish Briar messages and blogs from their existing tools
+    * Refactor Tor plugin to remove Android dependencies
+    * Implement background service
+    * Implement basic CLI for adding contacts, sending private messages and blog posts
+    * User testing
+
+6. Power management improvements
+    * Detect and mitigate power management features affecting background services
+    * UX for adding Briar to whitelists where required to maintain background connectivity
+    * Option to disable background connectivity when running on battery power
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+7. Research how to reduce battery impact of Tor hidden services
+    * Research and document Tor’s behaviour in all Android power management states
+    * Identify changes to allow device to spend more time asleep without impacting hidden service availability
+    * Work with Tor developers to ensure proposed changes do not impact anonymity
+
+8. Tor bridges
+    * Support for Tor bridges based on Guardian project’s work
+    * Use OONI data to create list of locations where bridges should be used
+    * Include fresh bridge and location lists in each release
+    * Automatically enable bridges when current location requires them
+    * UX to enable bridges manually if needed
+    * User testing
+    * Update user manual
+
+9. Reproducible builds
+    * Entire app, including Tor binaries, to be built reproducibly from source
+    * Document build process
+
+### Personnel
+
+The team will consist of six people: the project lead, two developers, a user experience designer, a usability expert, and a technical writer.
+
+1. Adding contacts remotely
+    * Project lead: 25 days
+    * Developer: 20 days
+    * Designer: 5 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Writer: 1 day
+    * Total: 53 days
+
+2. Image attachments
+    * Project lead: 50 days
+    * Developer: 65 days
+    * Designer: 5 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Writer: 1 day
+    * Total: 123 days
+
+3. Account sign-in improvements
+    * Project lead: 5 days
+    * Developer: 6 days
+    * Designer: 6 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Writer: 1 day
+    * Total: 20 days
+
+4. Dark theme
+    * Developer: 5 days
+    * Designer: 5 days
+    * Usability: 1 day
+    * Writer: 1 day
+    * Total: 12 days
+
+5. Headless desktop/server app
+    * Developer: 20 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Total: 22 days
+
+6. Power management improvements
+    * Project lead: 15 days
+    * Developer: 20 days
+    * Designer: 6 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Writer: 1 day
+    * Total: 44 days
+
+7. Research how to reduce battery impact of Tor hidden services
+    * Project lead: 30 days
+    * Developer: 30 days
+    * Total: 60 days
+
+8. Tor bridges
+    * Developer: 25 days
+    * Designer: 5 days
+    * Usability: 2 days
+    * Writer: 2 days
+    * Total: 34 days
+
+9. Reproducible builds
+    * Developer: 20 days
+    * Total: 20 days