[tor-bugs] #31201 [Circumvention/Snowflake]: Allow webextension users to specify how many resources it uses

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#31201: Allow webextension users to specify how many resources it uses
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 Reporter:  cohosh                   |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  Circumvention/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  snowflake-webextension   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                           |         Points:
 Reviewer:                           |        Sponsor:  Sponsor28
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Comment (by dcf):

 There's currently some [https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/snowflake.git/tree/proxy/util.js?h=webext-0.0.5#n266 rate-
 limiting code] that's activating using the undocumented
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/pluggable-
 transports/snowflake.git/tree/proxy/init-badge.js?h=webext-0.0.5#n41
 ratelimit] query string parameter. E.g.
 https://snowflake.torproject.org/embed.html?ratelimit=200k. It's not much
 tested and it's not exposed in the WebExtension interface.

 We could have a slider where the bottom is the minimum rate we think is
 useful (less than that and they should just turn it off), and the top is
 "unlimited".
 {{{
 [400 kbps ======================= 100 Mbps == unlimited]
 }}}

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