Hi,

I don't know if it's possible with the framework of iOS but it would be great if we could maybe make a list of exception of apps who doesn't need to go through the vpn.

Reason: Some internet data package are unlimited for some app and you don't need necessarily that kind of privacy for that since you are logged into them with you identity anyway

• specifics apps or website doesn't support VPN. netflix among other things.

Snowhaze keeps using internet all the time, as seen by the icon in iOS ( https://postimg.cc/image/5w4uyh5ep/ ) and by the light in the router that keeps flashing. Sometimes just by entering its settings it starts to use the web non-stop (in this case it isn't all the time and I have yet to see which option causes this). From what I have observed, when it starts with this behaviour it won't stop using the net unless it's closed. I liked many things in this browser but I don't use it because of this. iPad 2 iOS 9.3.5

Some websites (such as reddit.com) become a blank white page a second after loading. I've tried changing the ad, canvas, and script blocking but the outcome is the same each time. I attached Reddit_Snowhaze which shows the syslog while loading reddit.com The error seems to occur around line 50. I also attached Reddit_Safari which shows its syslog while loading reddit.

Reddit_Safari.txt Reddit_Snowhaze.txt

Would it be possible to add support for opening URLs using the Shortcuts Actions in iOS?

I have shortcuts in place for sending URLs to Safari and Chrome, which I use for quickly opening pages between different browsers using the Share menu. I would like to be able to do the same with SnowHaze, which would ideally make it open a URL in a new tab using the default settings.

I'm assuming the new iOS 14 feature for changing the default browser will use a similar feature.

A lot of websites are poorly designed for modern smart phones, with hardcoded font sizes for smartphones with 3.5" screens. It means you can't get much information on screen unless you switch the browser to desktop mode.

Safari on iOS lets you get around this by letting you set the default zoom level to 50% and 75% which fixes this issue for me.

Could this be made an option on SnowHaze? I will say that this is obviously something that could be fingerprinted, however the usability increase is pretty high. This could be resolved by having a toggle on the "Create tab with settings" screen.

When we long-press a link there's an option to add it to reading list but is there a reading list in snowhaze (I didn't find any)? Also it would be nice to have a 'open in new tab' option, or do you have a reason for not having that? Ipad2 iOS 9.3.5

Safari has the feature of holding on a link and then tapping "Open in Background" to put the link on a new tab to read later. Snowhaze has the ability to open a link in a new tab but it immediately switches to that tab.

This is basically a request for a number of features from DuckDuckGo and FireFox Focus in relation to keeping tabs open. I'd probably delete both of them from my phone if this was implemented.

Have a button on the tab screen to close all of the open tabs. This may already be a feature, however I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Options for making SnowHaze forget about all open tabs at certain points such as:

• When SnowHaze loses focus
• When SnowHaze is closed
• If SnowHaze is in the background/unused for a certain length of time
• If the screen is locked when SnowHaze is in use
• If an incorrect passcode is entered

When users have certain apps installed, like Twitter, Instagram, and Wikipedia, give users the option to prevent links from going to these apps, and instead have them open to the normal site.

One of the most useful feature that’s missing in the app is the ability to change the user agent of the page. The only way i found is creating a new tab that has desktop user agent.

To make the usage more efficient, taking the same option in new tab to the shield’s menu on the address bar. This would make it even more efficient than safari placement. Hope what i mentioned is clear.

Hi,

Would it be possible to add a client-side dnscrypt in your browser for those who wouldn't use your VPN? you can read a discussion about it in https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/issues/42 I'm sure that if we help generalize it more and more app would want it.

SideNote: is the filter lists only client-side? or do you have a service like pi-hole on your network? Did you think about putting a service like it in place on your Vpn network? Lie we would be able to choose between 2 vpn server in your network through a simple button.

Redirect Twitter, YouTube, Instagram etc. requests to privacy friendly alternatives just like this extension https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

We got an anonymous user message, that we would like to answer here.

A user wondered why despite the high privacy standard we aim, Google and YouTube appear as search suggestions when opening a new tab. When opening a new tab or making a search, three popular sites are suggested. These sites are a local copy of the 1M most popular websites of the moment. These suggestions are therefore generated locally on the device and don't rely on any outgoing connection. The offline list is updated along with all other offline lists (phishing sites, tracking sites, etc.). Since google.com and youtube.com are currently in the top three of the most visited sites, they appear when opening a new tab.

By the way: Search suggestion can be turned off in "SnowHaze" -> "Local Site Suggestions".

Currently, if you enable night mode in settings-appearance, it not only revert the website colour, but also decreases screen brightness of the browser. Personally, I think night mode shouldn’t come with decreasing screen brightness and screen brightness should be left to the iOS settings. Or adding an option to follow system brightness level when turning night mode on is also fine.

Snowhaze on iOS 14 does not seem to be fully blocking JS. It seems that at least the inline-script is still being executed, which it wasn't on iOS 13 and is not on LTS iOS 12 devices.

Take the example of the default search engine SnowHaze includes, StartPage in the scenario of disabling all JS in the options (even blocking using the content blocker options) and disabling search suggestions.

On iOS 14 devices if you search, the results do not display and the interactive search options menus appear. This same outcome would occur if you were to use desktop Chrome/Firefox and block all scripts but not inline-scripts with an extension such as uBlock Origin.

However, if you repeat the same steps on SnowHaze on a device running iOS 12/13, the page loads the way it should, indicating JS is not being executed. I presume something has changed with Apple's WebKit/WebView in iOS 14 which is the cause of this. Running Safari with JS disabled and searching StartPage works correctly also, so it seems to be something to do with SnowHaze executing inline-scripts (which is something I would think people would prefer not to be the case).

Equally, I would note that searching on DuckDuckGo's HTML search html.duckduckgo.com results in a "forbidden" response despite this not being the case on Safari or any other browser I use with JS disabled (even lynx the terminal-based browser), which makes me wonder whether something a bit strange is happening with the HTTP requests being made.