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Meet Snowflake Volunteer: Tor's Android app that lets you help people bypass censorship

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  • Tor unveils Snowflake Volunteer as a standalone Android app
  • The app lets users share their open internet connection
  • It is the result of a collaboration between Tor and Bloco

The team behind the censorship-resistant Tor Browser has unveiled Snowflake Volunteer — a standalone Android app that lets you help people living in restricted countries bypass internet censorship.

Developed in collaboration with Portuguese Android studio Bloco, the app expands on Snowflake's capabilities. That's Tor’s pluggable transport, which allows people on censored networks to connect to the Tor network via volunteer-operated proxies, making their connection appear as normal traffic.

Since its official launch in April, Tor reported that the app saw an increase from about 1,300 unique proxy IP addresses per day in May to 1,700 per day in June, marking a 29% increase in one month. That represents a win for raising public awareness and expanding its volunteer-led community.

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