Hello, Does the physical location matter for a Bridge? For example if I'm able to put it in a unusual geographical place would that benefit the network? I'm asking because I believe when you request a bridge it does not take location into account so would it matter? Thank you
I'd like to know this, too. --Torix Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:13 PM, Astroskis Lists <lists@astroskis.com> wrote:
Hello,
Does the physical location matter for a Bridge? For example if I'm able to put it in a unusual geographical place would that benefit the network? I'm asking because I believe when you request a bridge it does not take location into account so would it matter?
Thank you
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I wonder because if, say for a censored country or an area where a Bridge is required in the first place, would using an US IP not raise a red flag? Surely if a user was in Asia it would make more sense to be able to request a Asian Bridge, both for speed and potentially less likely to raise a red flag with surveillance? Forgive my ignorance on this, please let me know. On 2/11/2021 1:42 PM, torix@protonmail.com wrote:
I'd like to know this, too. --Torix
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Hello,
Does the physical location matter for a Bridge? For example if I'm able to put it in a unusual geographical place would that benefit the network? I'm asking because I believe when you request a bridge it does not take location into account so would it matter?
Thank you
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I wonder because if, say for a censored country or an area where a Bridge is required in the first place, would using an US IP not raise a red flag? [...]
Possibly. On the other hand, any bridge or other type of Tor node which is located outside of Censorland is probably harder to access, let alone seize, for Censorland authorities. Other than blocking the foreign IP addresses, there is little the local Big Brother can do. -Ralph
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