Cupcake

Cupcake

Snowflake for Chrome

What is Cupcake?
'Cupcake' is a unique Chrome extension that transforms your browser into a flash proxy or a temporary bridge to the Tor network. Principally designed to assist censored internet users across the globe, Cupcake taps into the innovative Snowflake technology to forge these vital connections. By installing it, users can contribute to fostering free and open internet access, without compromising their own IP address or privacy. It should be noted, however, that Cupcake doesn't independently provide uncensored internet access and works best in conjunction with the full Tor Browser Bundle.
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Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.29 (51)
Version: 2.0 (Last updated: 2019-07-26)
Creation date: 2019-07-26
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • http://snowflake-broker.bamsoftware.com/*
  • https://snowflake-broker.bamsoftware.com/*
  • https://snowflake.bamsoftware.com/*
  • http://snowflake.bamsoftware.com/*
  • https://snowflake.bamsoftware.com:443/*
  • background
  • storage
Size: 55.14K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

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Summary

Cupcake empowers you to assist censored internet users all over the world by turning your web browser into a pathway to the Tor network. Cupcake currently supports creating Snowflake connections. Learn more here: https://snowflake.torproject.org

Important Note: if you are being censored, Cupcake cannot help you on its own. Please install the full Tor Browser Bundle.

When the censor has blocked direct access to the Tor network for a user, you can help. Installing Cupcake makes your browser into a flash proxy -- a temporary Tor bridge. After connecting with the censored user, your bridge allows communication between the user and the Tor relay, successfully circumventing the censor. Congratulations! You are a champion of internet freedom around the world!

Don't worry about your IP address being blamed for the user's requests. The source of traffic will look like the IP address of a Tor exit relay, not yours. This protects both you and the censored individual.


If you are unfamiliar with Tor, visit https://torproject.org to learn more. In short, Tor is a free service that protects privacy online. It allows users to avoid network surveillance, which threatens their privacy and freedom.

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helps to get past firewalls
  • Useful for assisting the Tor network
  • Runs in the background
  • Easy to use
  • This extension is a means of creating more Tor Bridges
Cons
  • User Interface needs work
  • One user had trouble updating it
  • Some found it hard to configure
  • One user said it never changes color
  • Doesn't always function smoothly
Most mentioned
  • Helps breach firewalls
  • Contributes to Tor network
  • Runs in background mode
  • Issues with changing color
  • Configuration difficulty
Recent reviews
broke past my schools couple of firewalls, works great, loving it. Thank You
by Mikey Vidal Mikey Vidal, 2017-09-20

was looking for somthing like this , thanks alot
by nawras alfashtaki nawras alfashtaki, 2017-09-02

YEAH TOO
by Pavlo Pavlo, 2017-04-26
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Safety
Risk impact

Cupcake is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Cupcake has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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