SOCKS5 based proxies are more popular among users in china.
but technically it's not encrypted tunnel but just a proxy for the convenience of visiting blocked services.
it's just less privacy friendly.
xiangcai
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2026-01-25 13:58:55 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…zr0t
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