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Proxy Please: Help People Connect to Signal

Several countries have recently blocked Signal, leaving their residents without a trusted and safe place to communicate. To help in this situation, Signal provides a built-in censorship circumvention feature and also includes support for a simple TLS proxy that can bypass these blocks in many cir...

To help in this situation, Signal provides a built-in censorship circumvention feature and also includes support for a simple TLS proxy that can bypass these blocks in many circumstances and let people communicate privately. When you publicly post a signal.tube link, or if a particular server becomes too popular, it increases the chance that censors will add those IP addresses to their block lists. A more discreet approach would be to announce publicly that you’ve created a Signal proxy and then offer to share connection details via DM or a non-public message.

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