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Attached: 1 image 🚨 We're still in need of more #snowflake extensions to help keep Iranians connected during this critical time. If you're able, please consider running a Tor Snowflake proxy. This simple and safe action can make a significant difference in ensuring Iranians stay online. #KeepItOn To get started, visit: https://snowflake.torproject.org

Here’s the link to the docker docs

  • Sims@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Sounds more like Nato and the western elite want to get in to Iran’s information sphere, than to let Iranians access western internet and be ‘free’. Iranians are during external attacks against their nation, protected from the information war - just like borders protect from attacks. I’m not assisting the Western elite. I’m out…

    • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m sure they are glad they are protected from the free information war and that you, in true solidarity, are decidedly not helping them to gain free information access. 🫡

  • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m willing to do this but frankly tor intimidates me big time. I don’t know anything about it other than……. Yep that’s it.

    I read through the mastodon post, and the project page, and cumulatively I didn’t get any answers that, like, make me feel better.

    I assume this is a dark web node sort of thing? Is it safe for me to run the browser extension (idk shit about docker and don’t really want to learn rn), like I’m not putting a target on myself or anything? If yes to question 1, but no to question 2, what does put a target?

    • Danitos@reddthat.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      1. Not a node, but a proxy. Entry node’s IPs in Tor are publicly known, so they are easy to censor. With Snowflake you create a proxy (bridge) between a censored user and an entry node, and since your IP is not listed as a node, you help the user bypass the censorship.

      2. In theory, nope. But if the user is doing something bad, a prosecutor could argue you helped them to do so. I don’t know about any case like this involving Snowflake, and I am not a lawyer. You could be a target if you were to host material, which is not the case with Snowflake.

      In case it helps, I’ve been running the extension with no trouble that I’m aware of for a few years.

    • tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.gardenOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Ofc! But since this is the selfhosting community I figured the Docker thing would be more practical. My laptop with the browser isn’t always on.