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What if Tor is blocked where I am?

Answer

Use a bridge. It routes your Tor connection through an unlisted relay, hiding that you use Tor.

Short answer. Use a Tor bridge. It routes your connection through a relay that is not on the public list of Tor nodes, which hides that you are using Tor and gets you past a block.

When you need one

Use a bridge if Tor Browser cannot connect, connects very slowly, or if the Tor Project site itself is blocked where you are. If Tor is not blocked, skip it, because a bridge only adds latency.

How to set one

Open the connection settings, choose to use a bridge, pick the built-in obfs4 option or request one from the Tor Project, and restart. A bridge changes how you reach Tor but nothing about verifying an Awazon address.