When disable, the extension icon displayed in the toolbar turns grey and this way you can easily know if it is enabled or disabled. From there, you can also disable Snowflake when you do not want to help with the Tor network.

For this to work, you must have WebRTC enabled in your web browser.Īfter installing Snowflake extension in your web browser, you can see its status at any time by clicking on its icon in the toolbar. This extension will turn your browser into a proxy for the Tor network. If you live in a free country like the United States where there are no restrictions and want to help people in other not-so-free regions of the world, then you can just install an extension called Snowflake in your Chrome or Firefox web browsers. Anybody can circumvent such restrictions using the Tor browser that is pre-configured to use Tor proxy. It is also very useful for the journalists working in some regions of the worldwide where the governing bodies restrict internet access to very common websites and services like Facebook, Twitter or even Google. Tor proxy is used worldwide by people to stay anonymous on the internet.

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