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minus-square@kylian0087@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 years agoRequiring a VPN is false see https://support.torproject.org/censorship/connecting-from-china/ Their are a few ways to bypass the firewall from tor it self. the easiest is to use snowflake.
minus-square@iopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoYou’re still using a proxy to connect to Tor. It’s technically not a VPN, but I’m also using a proxy in China myself. It’s not Tor that avoids the censorship, it’s the proxy you use to connect to Tor since Tor IS blocked
minus-square@Spore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-22 years agoThanks for the info. I still wouldn’t consider these as long-term solutions bc they tend to be frequently blocked and/or are really slow.
Requiring a VPN is false see https://support.torproject.org/censorship/connecting-from-china/ Their are a few ways to bypass the firewall from tor it self. the easiest is to use snowflake.
You’re still using a proxy to connect to Tor. It’s technically not a VPN, but I’m also using a proxy in China myself.
It’s not Tor that avoids the censorship, it’s the proxy you use to connect to Tor since Tor IS blocked
Thanks for the info. I still wouldn’t consider these as long-term solutions bc they tend to be frequently blocked and/or are really slow.