Is Snowflake Volunteer safe?

Help people in censored countries access the Internet without restrictions. What is Snowflake? Snowflake allows people to connect to the Tor network in places where Tor is blocked by routing your connection through volunteer proxies located in uncensored countries. Similar to VPNs, which help users bypass Internet censorship, Snowflake disguises your Internet activity as though they’re making a v…

Developer: Bloco
Category: Connectivity
Earliest archived version: 12 Aug 2026
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDio.bloco.snowflake

Latest APK SHA-256c2b6683e8c6ded18d9bbc50dfd508ecdb43bc5f138e555f7ef6d17694e2e4016

Signing certificate85:36:5A:AF:13:60:C8:8E:7C:81:A2:B8:73:82:E4:C9:2E:AA:41:4E:D3:61:17:F6:5E:D3:0E:A7:FF:6E:48:98

MIN ANDROID26TARGET37ARCHITECTUREx86_64

03 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.12 (12 Aug 2026), latest 1.15 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 1.14 and 1.15.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.1514 Oct 202626+x86_64→1.1416 Sept 202626+x86_64→1.1315 Sept 202626+x86_64→1.1212 Aug 202626+x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions10 declared · 0 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresTetheredNet

Sensitive accessNo sensitive permissions

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.REORDER_TASKS android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.WAKE_LOCK io.bloco.snowflake.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗