Newsletter August 2020


SnowHaze Newsletter Hi, We were quiet for a long time. But not resting. Over the past year a lot of development went on in the background. First we want to thank all of you for your ongoing trust and support that helps us build SnowHaze. Reclaiming the control of our privacy is not something that can be done by one person or one company. It requires all of us. We also want to apologize for not interacting more with all of you on social media. As tech nerds, we prefer focusing on the technical side to convince our users instead of spamming you with posts explaining how awesome our products are. Once more we realized that quality software development is unpredictable. The development took much longer than expected and we kept adding more features than originally planned. Now it’s time to share these novelties with you. First we boosted the privacy on the VPN. The VPN is now easily available on all platforms from our website. Our Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA) technology ensures the highest level of anonymity by avoiding any link between registration and usage. The registration is fully anonymous (not even an email required), the payment is fully anonymous (through crypto or cash payments), and the usage is fully anonymous (thanks to randomized tokens). SnowHaze version 3.0 comes with new features for the browser. SnowHaze on iOS comes with integrated Tor support. Optionally use Safebrowsing (also anonymously) for higher security when you browse. The new features include a download manager, HTTPS/Tracking/Fingerprinting/Blocking improvements, and a customizable start page. Along with the latest release we now offer a SnowHaze extension for Firefox and a VPN client for Windows. As always, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have questions, comments, or feature requests. Since we still have no analytics in any of our services, we are always happy to get feedback. You can reach us anytime here. Take care, Your SnowHaze-Team
Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA) Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA) is our new protocol that ensures the highest level of anonymity for our VPN. Most VPN providers are not private at all because they store much information about you like your name and address, your payment information, and logs about your internet traffic. Not all VPN companies keep their promise to protect your data. With ZKA our privacy policy is no longer a promise but a proof. ZKA revolutionizes the entire process from registration up to the usage of the VPN. There is no longer the need to share personal information. When you connect to the VPN, you don’t even need an anonymized account number to log in. ZKA makes your VPN the most anonymous you can get. Read the full explanation on our blog.
iOS Browser Version 3.0 This new major update further enhances your privacy and security. Support for Zero-Knowledge Auth 2.0 is now integrated in the iOS app. It allows to import subscription bought on the web into your app or export iOS subscriptions to use them on other devices. The OpenVPN profiles are now valid for the entire duration of your subscription and do no longer need to be updated monthly. A new feature allows to connect the browser to the Tor network. The browser now comes with an integrated download manager. We added many privacy and security features and tried to improve the look a little bit. Let us know what you are missing and we’ll try to add it in a future version.
SnowHaze Extension for Firefox Since we don’t have a desktop browser yet and still want to offer some privacy for your other devices, we developed an extension for Firefox. We gathered the most powerful SnowHaze features and packed them into an add-on. Most importantly, it allows to easily create fully isolated tabs. You can get the add-on directly from the Mozilla store.
Thanks for an inspiring project that makes iOS browsing just that bit more sane. – SnowHaze user
SnowHaze Tip: Tab Shortcuts Easily switch to previous pages by long pressing on the back arrow. This opens a list of the pages you visited before in the current tab. Tap on an entry to reload the page. You no longer have to go back and forth to find pages. Close all tabs at once by long pressing on the tabs icon and selecting Close all Tabs. You can also swiftly close the current tab and open a new one in this menu.
We created an infographic explaining ZKA anonymity and all the privacy benefits that come with it. Head to our blog to find a detailed overview of how ZKA makes SnowHaze VPN truly anonymous. Read the infographic on our blog.
SnowHaze Illotros GmbH, Gladbachstrasse 59, 8044 Zürich

SnowHaze Newsletter

Hi,

We were quiet for a long time. But not resting. Over the past year a lot of development went on in the background.

First we want to thank all of you for your ongoing trust and support that helps us build SnowHaze. Reclaiming the control of our privacy is not something that can be done by one person or one company. It requires all of us.

We also want to apologize for not interacting more with all of you on social media. As tech nerds, we prefer focusing on the technical side to convince our users instead of spamming you with posts explaining how awesome our products are.

Once more we realized that quality software development is unpredictable. The development took much longer than expected and we kept adding more features than originally planned. Now it’s time to share these novelties with you.

First we boosted the privacy on the VPN. The VPN is now easily available on all platforms from our website. Our Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA) technology ensures the highest level of anonymity by avoiding any link between registration and usage. The registration is fully anonymous (not even an email required), the payment is fully anonymous (through crypto or cash payments), and the usage is fully anonymous (thanks to randomized tokens).

SnowHaze version 3.0 comes with new features for the browser. SnowHaze on iOS comes with integrated Tor support. Optionally use Safebrowsing (also anonymously) for higher security when you browse. The new features include a download manager, HTTPS/Tracking/Fingerprinting/Blocking improvements, and a customizable start page.

Along with the latest release we now offer a SnowHaze extension for Firefox and a VPN client for Windows.

As always, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have questions, comments, or feature requests. Since we still have no analytics in any of our services, we are always happy to get feedback. You can reach us anytime here.

Take care,

Your SnowHaze-Team

Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA)

Zero-Knowledge Auth (ZKA) is our new protocol that ensures the highest level of anonymity for our VPN. Most VPN providers are not private at all because they store much information about you like your name and address, your payment information, and logs about your internet traffic. Not all VPN companies keep their promise to protect your data. With ZKA our privacy policy is no longer a promise but a proof.

ZKA revolutionizes the entire process from registration up to the usage of the VPN. There is no longer the need to share personal information. When you connect to the VPN, you don’t even need an anonymized account number to log in. ZKA makes your VPN the most anonymous you can get. Read the full explanation on our blog.

iOS Browser Version 3.0

This new major update further enhances your privacy and security. Support for Zero-Knowledge Auth 2.0 is now integrated in the iOS app. It allows to import subscription bought on the web into your app or export iOS subscriptions to use them on other devices. The OpenVPN profiles are now valid for the entire duration of your subscription and do no longer need to be updated monthly.

A new feature allows to connect the browser to the Tor network. The browser now comes with an integrated download manager. We added many privacy and security features and tried to improve the look a little bit.

Let us know what you are missing and we’ll try to add it in a future version.

SnowHaze Extension for Firefox

Since we don’t have a desktop browser yet and still want to offer some privacy for your other devices, we developed an extension for Firefox. We gathered the most powerful SnowHaze features and packed them into an add-on. Most importantly, it allows to easily create fully isolated tabs. You can get the add-on directly from the Mozilla store.

Thanks for an inspiring project that makes iOS browsing just that bit more sane.

– SnowHaze user

SnowHaze Tip: Tab Shortcuts

Easily switch to previous pages by long pressing on the back arrow. This opens a list of the pages you visited before in the current tab. Tap on an entry to reload the page. You no longer have to go back and forth to find pages.

Close all tabs at once by long pressing on the tabs icon and selecting Close all Tabs. You can also swiftly close the current tab and open a new one in this menu.

We created an infographic explaining ZKA anonymity and all the privacy benefits that come with it. Head to our blog to find a detailed overview of how ZKA makes SnowHaze VPN truly anonymous. Read the infographic on our blog.