No malware found
In code review (v0.9.8)
Our reviewer read version 0.9.8 — the most recent version we have reviewed — and found no malicious behaviour. The version shown here has not been individually reviewed yet.
What our analysis found
Snowflake, used by 70,000 people, showed no malicious code in Extension Auditor's review. It was last updated in July 2026.
The Snowflake extension is a legitimate Tor proxy tool developed by the Tor Project. All network communication is restricted to *. and *., which are official Tor infrastructure domains. The offscreen permission is used solely to host WebRTC, a core requirement for the proxy. The collection of the user's IP address (disclosed as 'Location' in the Chrome Web Store listing) is inherent to the WebRTC proxy function. No evidence of data exfiltration, tracking, or code injection was found. The ML model's risk score of 0.00 and the third-party assessment's low corroborate the benign nature.
Snowflake Chrome extension security report
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Publisher Contextual Analysis
- Author
- the-tor-project
- Privacy
- Privacy Policy
- Help
- Help Center
- Country
- US
- MX records exist
- Yes
- Domain exists
- Yes
- Is disposable
- No
- Is role-based
- No
- Mailbox exists
- Yes
- Address
- 217 1st Ave South #4903 Seattle, WA 98194 US
- Website
- Visit
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About this extension
Allow users in censored countries to use your network connection to access the Tor network.
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Help people in censored countries bypass censorship by running the Snowflake extension If you want to help people in censored countries access the Internet without restrictions, consider installing and running the Snowflake extension. Once you install it and enable it, there's nothing else you need to do. Once the snowflake icon turns green, this means a censored user is connecting through your extension to access the Internet! The only prerequisite to install this extension is that the Internet in your country is not heavily censored already. There is no need to worry about which websites people are accessing through your Snowflake extension. Their visible browsing IP address will match their Tor exit node, not yours. If you live in a censored country If you live in a censored country and want to connect to a Snowflake extension, you do not need to install a separate application to connect to a Snowflake proxy and bypass censorship. It is a circumvention feature embedded within existing apps. Currently Snowflake is available inside Tor Browser on Desktop and Android, Onion Browser on iOS, and Orbot on Android and iOS. If you have downloaded and installed any of these apps, and they are censored in your country, you can bypass the censorship by activating Snowflake through these apps' settings page. Support channels If you encounter issues while trying to connect to Tor using Snowflake, the Tor support channel can be reached on Telegram (https://t.me/torprojectsupportbot) and email (frontdesk@torproject.org). You can also browse the Tor Support Portal (https://support.torproject.org/) and the Tor Project Forum (https://forum.torproject.net) for answers.
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