Are there any downsides / risks of selfhosting a tor snowflake instance?

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Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months ago

I was reading this guide on how to run a snowflake proxy, and I’m considering doing it.

https://snowflake.torproject.org/

I’m currently renting a small VPS for my self-hosted services, and I have some spare capacity. So I was wondering, are there any downsides that I might be overlooking?

My self-hosted services are on a URL with my real name. Could there be any privacy or legal implications for me? (I don’t live under an authoritarian regime)

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