Post #389916

2026-02-05 16:47 UTC

🚨 The Snowflake network is currently overloaded and we need more Snowflake proxies. If you have spare bandwidth or available servers, please consider running Snowflake proxies. We urgently need more Snowflake proxies to help handle this surge and ensure that users can continue to access the open Internet. Please share this call with your friends, communities, hackerspaces and anyone who may be able to help! How to help ❄️ Visit: https://snowflake.torproject.org/#addonBtns #foss #privacy #tor #censorship #iran

Replies (6)

@troed@masto.sangberg.se 2026-02-05 17:30

@ggus@mastodon.social Started up a browser proxy a minute ago and already have my first connection. Got to admit I didn't fully understand the part about "all ports available" regarding running one on my 24/7 server though. Will need to revisit.

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@light@noc.social 2026-02-05 18:01

@ggus@mastodon.social Was running one using #Orbot kindness mode but it seemed to make my phone hot and my battery run down fast. Bug? Any advice? Currently on 17.8.0-RC-3-tor-0.4.8.21 Also, is it worth enabling for mobile data or is that intensive on data? Was thinking of running one on an RPi but since we have a static IP maybe not as effective? Is a regular bridge better?

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@ttntm@hachyderm.io 2026-02-05 18:33

@ggus@mastodon.social I made this one a while ago, running it whenever I can. https://relay.iamover.it

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@shadowdancer@mstdn.social 2026-02-05 19:58

@ggus@mastodon.social I operate a tor relay, but am not familiar with this. Can I run this on the same machine with a tor relay? How much additional burden will this bring on the server? Will I need more hardware, more bandwidth?

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@kleisli@mastodon.social 2026-02-05 21:24

@ggus@mastodon.social do I have to select "snowflake" as a connection in orbot or doesn't it matter what I select there?

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@saltywizard@beige.party 2026-02-13 14:24

@ggus@mastodon.social enthusiastically endorsed!

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