Does anyone else's Tor Browser won't start connections? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Like, I tried every single bridge, and no connecting.

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[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Happened to me for a few weeks. Then just started working out of nowhere. I believe alphabet agencies are targeting Tor nodes behind the scenes. Then I saw a few public articles supporting this idea. I think they are about to try and make Tor difficult to use to the point it will be hard to impossible

[-] hylaea@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

got this problem with Onionshare...

[-] SpookyMulder@twun.io 3 points 4 days ago

I have found that it often takes a very long time for Tor to build a circuit (bootstrap) using obfs4, because of what seems to be difficulty finding bridges.

[-] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Well it also won't work with snowflake nor with the other one

[-] ericheese@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Get a webtunnel bridge from the tor website and add it as a custom bridge.

[-] MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks friend you are a friend (It really helped)

[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Everything normal here. Granted I'm not on a network that blocks Tor so the Tor Browser's normal startup/connecting routine has always worked fine.

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