Hi everybody, I'm not sure this is the right list to ask, but is it useful to run snowflake proxies? I only recently realized they can be run by ordinary people. On the new website I don't see how you would find that out, there doesn't seem to be any link pointing to them. Metrics only shows a hundred snowflake users. What is the reason they are not advertised for? (towards humans) Have a nice day!
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 05:32:08PM +0100, entensaison@use.startmail.com wrote:
Hi everybody, I'm not sure this is the right list to ask, but is it useful to run snowflake proxies? I only recently realized they can be run by ordinary people.
Hi, Yes, it's useful! Snowflake is still under development, and it's not available on Tor Browser stable for all platforms. It's available on Tor Browser for Windows (Alpha), and on stable for Linux and macOS.
On the new website I don't see how you would find that out, there doesn't seem to be any link pointing to them.
We have this page: https://snowflake.torproject.org/ And a quick mention on Tor Browser User Manual: https://tb-manual.torproject.org But I'm planning to work with our new intern to have some entries on Support portal (https://support.torproject.org).
Metrics only shows a hundred snowflake users.
What is the reason they are not advertised for? (towards humans)
Have a nice day!
It will be more advertised when it gets supported by all Tor Browser stable platforms. Cheers, Gus -- The Tor Project Community Team Lead http://expyuzz4wqqyqhjn.onion/
On 10/26/20 5:32 PM, entensaison@use.startmail.com wrote:
Hi everybody, I'm not sure this is the right list to ask, but is it useful to run snowflake proxies?
I'd say yes. FWIW I do run it as a ordinary Linux service (git clone + go build) instead as a plugin in my browser here under Gentoo Linux at my desktop. So the proxy runs even if I close the browser. FWIW the plugin tells me : Number of users your Snowflake has helped circumvent censorship in the last 24 hours: 5 :-) -- Toralf
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