Mira KNov 29, 2024
The Tor Project
We're calling on the Tor & Internet freedom community to help scale up WebTunnel bridges. Ever thought about running a Tor bridge? Now is the time! Our goal is to deploy 200 new WebTunnel bridges by the end of this year to open secure access for users in Russia.🕸️🌉 https://blog.torproject.org/call-for-webtunnel-bridges/
Tor in Russia: A call for more WebTunnel bridges | Tor Project

As the Russian government intensifies its grip on the internet, censorship circumvention tools like Tor are more critical than ever. Here's the latest on Tor censorship in Russia and how you can help by running WebTunnel bridges.

Nov 28, 2024 at 10:45pmWeb
Show threadTheYOSHNov 28, 2024

@torproject

Can a webtunnel bridge be combined with an already running obfs4 bridge on the same IP?
I am willing to set this up if it can be done on the same server.

Show threadEmil Jacobs - CollectifissionNov 28, 2024

@torproject For people looking to help, but not being tech savvy or just looking for a low effort way to help: consider installing the Snowflake plugin.

https://snowflake.torproject.org/

Snowflake

Show threadDakota 💀Nov 28, 2024
@collectifission @torproject this is an interesting concept. I worry about the security of this though. Does snowflake have security policies on what can be proxied? If they are just proxying to my browser, do they have access to my internal network? This feels like it's rife for abuse if they're trying to tell non-tech savy people to use it.
Show threadLife.is.beautifulNov 29, 2024

@bonealisa

It's just an Entry node which forwards envrypted traffic to the middle node.

@torproject @collectifission

Show threadDakota 💀Nov 29, 2024
@Life_is_Beautiful @torproject @collectifission ah, I thought the extension was acting as an exit node, that makes way more sense.
Show threadLife.is.beautifulNov 29, 2024

@bonealisa

If you live in a country, where Tor is legal, then you have nothing to worry about.

Your Network or your IP can't be abused.

It's great.
I have been using it since many years.

You can also run a snowflake proxy with the Orbot App on mobile. But it may use some battery. I have it running on an old device I don't care about.
Everyone should do that.
It's so easy.
Install Orbot, click on one button and then the snowflake is activated. That's all.

#privacy

@torproject @collectifission

Show thread𐑛𐑦𐑕𐑣𐑸𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑦 | dɪsˈhɑːmənɪ | 異議の元素 Nov 29, 2024
@torproject
To my followers wondering what WebTunnel is:
obfs4 ~ Shadowsocks (high-entropy encrypted traffic)
Snowflake ~ P2P calling
WebTunnel ~ *ray

Let's see how WebTunnel will fare against the constantly evolving DPI systems...