[tor-talk] Why are all Snowflake proxies connecting to a single bridge (flakey) instead of connecting to a normal relay of client`s choice?

molterzui at airmail.cc molterzui at airmail.cc
Mon Sep 14 17:37:53 UTC 2020


Why are all Snowflake proxies connecting to a single bridge (flakey) 
instead of connecting to a normal relay of client`s choice, multiple 
bridges or even connecting  directly to the middle relay so that it 
serves as a first hop in the three hop circuit?

Isn't this bad for the anonymity of Snowflake users since all users are 
connecting through the same bridge?

Shouldn't Tor browser circuit display inform users that their connection 
actually goes through 4 hops (This Browser--->Snowflake proxy--->Bridge 
(flakey)--->Switzerland---->Germany---->Example.com) instead of three 
hops (This Browser--->Bridge 
(Snowflake)--->Germany--->Switzerland--->Example.com)?



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