[tor-bugs] #21518 [Applications/Orbot]: Pluggable transports for zero-rated services

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#21518: Pluggable transports for zero-rated services
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  n8fr8
  cypherpunks            |
         Type:           |     Status:  new
  enhancement            |
     Priority:  High     |  Milestone:
    Component:           |    Version:
  Applications/Orbot     |   Keywords:  PT pluggable transport WhatsApp
     Severity:  Normal   |  poverty
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
       Points:           |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:           |
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 Tor increases data usage, and most of the demographics that need Tor the
 most have very limited data, so please make PTs available for zero-rated
 services.

 For example FreedomPop zero-rates WhatsApp (https://9to5mac.com/2016/08/17
 /freedompop-whatsapp-sim-free-iphone/) in 30 countries on a free
 ($0/month) plan.

 A WhatsApp plugable transport would therefor allow users in poverty-
 stricken, massively oppressed countries to have unlimited free access to
 information through Tor.

 I'm not sure if the component should be Orbot or Tor; the WhatsApp example
 is for mobile but there is also zero-rating for house internet, or someone
 might want to use a WhatsApp PT on a desktop/laptop/notebook with
 conventional Tor, tethered to a smartphone for the zero-rated protocol.

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