---
title: "Brave Browser Turns Your Device Into A Proxy For Others Via “Snowflake” Feature"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/brave-browser-turns-your-device-into-a-proxy-for-others-via-snowflake-feature-bibni2k2d
source_url: https://latesthackingnews.com/2023/01/16/brave-browser-turns-your-device-into-a-proxy-for-others-via-snowflake-feature/
type: article
source: "Latest Hacking News"
published: 2023-01-16T12:47:59.488Z
updated: 2024-02-17T02:13:45.770Z
tags: ["android", "brave-browser", "browsers", "ios", "privacy", "snowflake"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 23
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# Brave Browser Turns Your Device Into A Proxy For Others Via “Snowflake” Feature

**[Latest Hacking News](https://daily.dev/sources/lhn)** · 2 min read · 23 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

Brave Browser turns your device into a Proxy Via “Snowflake’s Snowflake” feature. Activating this option allows users to volunteer their device as a proxy, enabling other users to access Tor in repressive regions.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://latesthackingnews.com/2023/01/16/brave-browser-turns-your-device-into-a-proxy-for-others-via-snowflake-feature/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@priyankarpal** · 2 upvotes

> I use BRAVE Browser to stop YouTube Ads. Lol!

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Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#brave-browser](https://daily.dev/tags/brave-browser), [#browsers](https://daily.dev/tags/browsers), [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy), [#snowflake](https://daily.dev/tags/snowflake)

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