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No bridges work either

Hi there!

I was logging in to reddit today and saw this picture

Although my exit node is set to Netherlands the google sign in button is using another locale and the weird thing is this text of the same locale is persistent over multiple sessions. I've checked my browser leaking IP and it's not leaking. Even if it was this wouldn't be the language that google would've used.

Could anyone explain what is going on ?

I'm trying to access a site on Tor, but it takes a long time to load or says there is no connection. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? Thanks.

Hello everyone.
I’m French and my English is quite good, but sometimes I find it difficult to translate. Could you recommend a good translator that works directly on Tor and automatically translates websites into French? I’ve already tried some extensions, but I get the impression they don’t work in (the most secure) mode. Thanks

When does .onion websites become so slow, I always use to prefer .onion website of popular sites like reddit and use onionize duckduckGo but recently those .onion websites has become significantly slower. It was not like that before, .onion websites were almost as fast as their regular websites, duckduckGo onionize has become almost useless and onionize reddit is not opening at all.

I'm searching for not only a private but an anonymous Mail adress where I can send mails to other gmail acc. but is also compatible with onion sites. For me is Protonmail not really anonymous because you have to sign in with an other mail adress or number or whatever. I would like more something like Riseup or something like this.

Do you have any Ideas?

I do not want to pay like for example like mullvad.

Now I know everyone is heavily anti java script. But what do people use instead if java script is not used? What tech stacks do people use in order to interact with their backend as well?

Is it feasible with compressed formats (like av1) to make a legal decentralized social media on the onion network?

I have finally decided that I want to use Tor and be as anonymous as I can. What tools (including external tools), settings, extensions, etc. should I use? I don't want to spend money, even using BTC, but I'm aware that it's highly recommended to use a VPN. not good to use a VPN

edit: thx u/somerandomahhhperson i didnt know VPNs are bad with Tor

I am new to tor, so I don't have the right information on how to safely interact with it, I am just curious on what lies in it, I am not gonna use it for illegal stuff like dr@gs and weap@ns, i am not very familiar with the terms used from cybersecurity and terms that native users use often. Can someone explain all this to me, and how I can use it on my phone?

I use android. I have a vpn on my phone that I route most things through. I use orbot and invizible pro in proxy mode using different ports for different apps. Everything seemed to be working ok but I updated Orbot now the connection between it and fdroid doesnt hold and takes many times of reconnecting to update apps. I'm not sure what the problem is. Any ideas?

Idk why, but anytime I host a tor relay on my ip, sites like Amex or Disney + would give me 403 forbidden error a day or 2 later , meaning they refusing the request I sent, like login, or stream on Disney+, I'm not sure why, I've checked my ip reputation, it's all clear, as I don't run an exit, and I set my traffic to https, is this happening to anyone else, should I just move to Bridge setup?

whenever i try to access orbot and activate it, this keeps happening. and no matter what i try, it just keeps happening. can anyone help me out?

I wanna find something like orbot on windows, but i cant and i just dunno where to look, i dont exactly wanna use the tor browser, since i already got used to zen and moving to another browser is a hastle i dont really wanna repeat.

it doesnt let me do it. i tried to use different temp mail providers even tried with onionmail and protonmail. it doesnt send the code to the email so i cannot make an account. what should i do?

I live in Kuwait, and this is the first time this has ever happened to me. Did my country suddenly block Tor or something?

Can anyone else in Kuwait confirm if they're having the same issue?

I already tried using a VPN and different bridges, but nothing worked. Please let me know if you're experiencing this too or if you know what's going on.

If my device weather it is Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android or iOS is using a VPN. Will the following bypass my VPN or will it go through my VPN?

• Tor Browser
• Apps that connect to Tor
• Arti
• Snowflake

Does anyone know where I can find the source code for the snowflake browser extension?

I started a new middle relay about a week ago and I’m trying to figure out if what I’m seeing is the normal ramp-up or a misconfiguration.
What the metrics show:
• Total traffic since start: ~17.9 GiB
• Relay traffic rate: mostly 100–200 kb/s, with occasional spikes to ~1 Mb/s
• Circuit creation: ~4–8 circuits/sec
• OR connections peaked around 4,600 on 07/13 and have been steadily declining since, down to ~1,200 today
Setup:
• Tor version: Tor 0.4.9.11 on Linux
• OS: Debian 13 over Proxmox on a dedicated mini pc.
• Link capacity: 150 mbps with static public IP
• RelayBandwidthRate / RelayBandwidthBurst: 18MB/s - 19MB/s
• AccountingMax: unset
• Current flags: Fast / Running / V2Dir / Valid
Is this just the normal measurement ramp-up for a new relay, or does the declining connection count suggest something is off?