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Pluggable Transports

Methods used to obfuscate Tor traffic and make it less detectable by network operators.

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Jan 18, 2026
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Does my ISP basically sit there and watch my traffic to see if I’m using TOR and then log it?

An Internet service provider can see that a subscriber is making encrypted connections to Tor nodes, and many ISPs routinely log connection metadata for network management or legal compliance . What I...

Jan 18, 2026
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What are pluggable transports and how do they change what an ISP sees when using Tor?

Pluggable transports are modular proxy programs that sit between a Tor client and a bridge and transform Tor traffic so censors and ISPs cannot recognize it as Tor traffic . By changing packet shapes,...