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[Microblog] RE: mastodon (mastodon.social)
 

RE: mastodon.social/@ggus/11601842Tor Snowflake stats (2026-02-05) 📊 ❄️ 194574 running proxiesBy countryDE: 49481IR: 47722US: 23094IN: 9386FR: 4964RU: 4527GB: 3982NL: 3444CH: 3307BR: 3239By typeOrbot (kindness mode): 95535Webextension: 92057Standalone: 6637Website badge: 1740#tor #iran #censorship #privacy

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🚨 The Snowflake network is currently overloaded and we need more Snowflake proxies (files.mastodon.social)
 

🚨 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: snowflake.torproject.org/#addo#foss #privacy #tor #censorship #iran

How to help There are multiple ways to run snowflake proxies: « Option 1: Run a browser-based proxy. Click the link below, switch it ON and leave the tab open: https://embed-snowflake.torproject.org/ « Option 2: Install Snowflake browser extension: hitps://snowflake.torproject.org/#addonBtns « Option 3: Run Snowflake standalone proxy (recommended for advanced users) https://community.torproject.org/relay/setup/snowflake/ « Option 4: Install Orbot (i0S/Android) and enable Kindness mode. hitps://orbot.app/
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[Microblog] RE: mastodon (mastodon.social)
 

RE: mastodon.social/@ggus/11600679Tor Snowflake stats (2026-02-04) 📊 ❄️ 176264 running proxiesBy countryDE: 49916IR: 26689US: 24837IN: 9728FR: 5141RU: 4450By typeOrbot (kindness mode): 77483Webextension: 91827Standalone: 6635Website badge: 1739#tor #iran #censorship #privacy

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New research: Eight popular, commercial VPN apps operate deceptively and put more than 700 million users at risk of authoritarian surveillance (mastodon.social)
 

New research: Eight popular, commercial VPN apps operate deceptively and put more than 700 million users at risk of authoritarian surveillance."A first group of VPNs has established links to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and a second group—with similarly deceptive practices—was newly discovered."#vpn #privacy #censorship #china opentech.fund/news/who-owns-op

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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians (mastodon.social)
 

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

"Armed with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity, Unit 8200 began building a powerful new mass surveillance tool: a sweeping and intrusive system that collects and stores recordings of millions of mobile phone calls made each day by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud

#palestine #gaza #microsoft #privacy #surveillance