[tor-talk] Orbot Data Overhead

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On 20/06/12 22:13, Patrick B wrote:

> I made a blog post
> <https://guardianproject.info/2012/06/20/orbot-data-tax/> on the
> Guardian site about the data cost incurred by Orbot usage. It
> generally seems quite manageable for most use cases. Running in the
> backround 24/7 for 30 days does incur ~200MB of idle usage which
> would be significant for mobile users with smaller data plans.
> Check out the post for more details. I'm also curious if anyone has
> taken similar measurements with Tor to compare the results.

I was concerned about the idle usage of Orbot myself when I originally
installed it and took some measurements. I decided that I couldn't
leave it turned on permanently because it was sucking up too much
bandwidth. I only get 500MB/month on my phone plan. Is it going to be
possible to significantly reduce the idle bandwidth usage?

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