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Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship

The Tor Project officially introduced WebTunnel, a new bridge type specifically designed to help bypass censorship targeting the Tor network by hiding connections in plain sight. Tor bridges are relays not listed in the public Tor directory that keep the users' connections to the network hidden from oppressive regimes. While some countries, like China and Iran, have found ways to detect and block such connections, Tor also provides obfsproxy bridges, which add an extra layer of obfuscation to fi...

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