[tor-bugs] #25804 [Obfuscation/Snowflake]: Domain fronting to App Engine stopped working

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#25804: Domain fronting to App Engine stopped working
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 Reporter:  dcf                    |          Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect                 |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                 |      Milestone:
Component:  Obfuscation/Snowflake  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                 |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  moat                   |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                         |         Points:
 Reviewer:                         |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:23 cypherpunks]:
 > > Seems like Signal was affected by this as well (and they seem to have
 been aware of it in advance - from Mar 27, 2018)
 > [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16869269 Rumors]:
 > > Hey, everyone. We spent a decent amount of time at Signal trying to
 come up with alternatives when we first heard rumors that Google was
 disabling domain fronting on GAE.
 Wow, maybe sometime in the future will start learning about Google
 deprecating this or that from SecureDrop leakers at the nytimes/bezos
 post. Truly epic that they didn't even bother to put a notice or
 something, not even a two line blog post. Maybe people should no longer
 base things off anything Google related, and maybe RMS was right.

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