Our work is nearing completion to deploy the next generation of freesocks.org
The new FreeSocks will be hosted on our own bare-metal infrastructure and is more resistant to censorship
Internet censorship must be stopped 🛑
The new FreeSocks will be hosted on our own bare-metal infrastructure and is more resistant to censorship
Internet censorship must be stopped 🛑
December 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our work is nearing completion to deploy the next generation of freesocks.org
The new FreeSocks will be hosted on our own bare-metal infrastructure and is more resistant to censorship
Internet censorship must be stopped 🛑
The new FreeSocks will be hosted on our own bare-metal infrastructure and is more resistant to censorship
Internet censorship must be stopped 🛑
While stocks last, you can get a free pair of bamboo socks using the code SOCKY at checkout, when you spend £25 or more. These super soft socks are the perfect sustainable stocking filler. But be quick, they won’t be around for long. #freesocks #bamboosocks #sustainablefashion #stockingfillers
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
While stocks last, you can get a free pair of bamboo socks using the code SOCKY at checkout, when you spend £25 or more. These super soft socks are the perfect sustainable stocking filler. But be quick, they won’t be around for long. #freesocks #bamboosocks #sustainablefashion #stockingfillers
What we've been working on in our lab recently 🧑🔬 🔬
⭐️ Our fork of outline-server, which will power the future of FreeSocks - github.com/unredacted/o...
⭐️ Updates to freesocks-control-plane (FCP) v1 - github.com/unredacted/f...
⭐️ An Ansible role for Pathvector - github.com/unredacted/a...
⭐️ Our fork of outline-server, which will power the future of FreeSocks - github.com/unredacted/o...
⭐️ Updates to freesocks-control-plane (FCP) v1 - github.com/unredacted/f...
⭐️ An Ansible role for Pathvector - github.com/unredacted/a...
August 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
What we've been working on in our lab recently 🧑🔬 🔬
⭐️ Our fork of outline-server, which will power the future of FreeSocks - github.com/unredacted/o...
⭐️ Updates to freesocks-control-plane (FCP) v1 - github.com/unredacted/f...
⭐️ An Ansible role for Pathvector - github.com/unredacted/a...
⭐️ Our fork of outline-server, which will power the future of FreeSocks - github.com/unredacted/o...
⭐️ Updates to freesocks-control-plane (FCP) v1 - github.com/unredacted/f...
⭐️ An Ansible role for Pathvector - github.com/unredacted/a...
We've been hard at work developing a better solution to help people bypass censorship in more countries.
We need beta testers for our new method used in the beta version of FreeSocks (freesocks.org). If you're willing to help, and are in a highly censored country, please DM us for instructions.
We need beta testers for our new method used in the beta version of FreeSocks (freesocks.org). If you're willing to help, and are in a highly censored country, please DM us for instructions.
FreeSocks - Circumvent Internet censorship
freesocks.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We've been hard at work developing a better solution to help people bypass censorship in more countries.
We need beta testers for our new method used in the beta version of FreeSocks (freesocks.org). If you're willing to help, and are in a highly censored country, please DM us for instructions.
We need beta testers for our new method used in the beta version of FreeSocks (freesocks.org). If you're willing to help, and are in a highly censored country, please DM us for instructions.
WebSockets are a lot harder for censors to block, because if they do, it causes collateral damage. With the new design for FreeSocks we'll be able to better equip to defeat censorship! 🤟
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
WebSockets are a lot harder for censors to block, because if they do, it causes collateral damage. With the new design for FreeSocks we'll be able to better equip to defeat censorship! 🤟
FreeSocks uses outline-server on the backend which only supports the generation of raw Shadowsocks access keys. Sadly, this is a problem because we have to point users directly to the IP of the VM, and the IPs end up getting blocked because more advanced censors can seemingly detect SS usage.
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
FreeSocks uses outline-server on the backend which only supports the generation of raw Shadowsocks access keys. Sadly, this is a problem because we have to point users directly to the IP of the VM, and the IPs end up getting blocked because more advanced censors can seemingly detect SS usage.
1. The service is greatly overloaded
2. More advanced censors discover and block Shadowsocks
3. The freesocks-control-plane (FCP - the front end of FreeSocks: github.com/unredacted/f...) doesn't make use of Outline's dynamic access keys yet
2. More advanced censors discover and block Shadowsocks
3. The freesocks-control-plane (FCP - the front end of FreeSocks: github.com/unredacted/f...) doesn't make use of Outline's dynamic access keys yet
GitHub - unredacted/freesocks-control-plane: The control plane that makes FreeSocks work
The control plane that makes FreeSocks work. Contribute to unredacted/freesocks-control-plane development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
1. The service is greatly overloaded
2. More advanced censors discover and block Shadowsocks
3. The freesocks-control-plane (FCP - the front end of FreeSocks: github.com/unredacted/f...) doesn't make use of Outline's dynamic access keys yet
2. More advanced censors discover and block Shadowsocks
3. The freesocks-control-plane (FCP - the front end of FreeSocks: github.com/unredacted/f...) doesn't make use of Outline's dynamic access keys yet
I LOVE our #stp fans. Last time I was an #stpambassador I gave two top bananas to our fans; one in Puyallup who’s out there every year and a kid who was handing out water on the #yelmteninotrail There IS love out there #seattletoportland2025 #cascadebicycleclub #stpben25 #freesocks
February 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I LOVE our #stp fans. Last time I was an #stpambassador I gave two top bananas to our fans; one in Puyallup who’s out there every year and a kid who was handing out water on the #yelmteninotrail There IS love out there #seattletoportland2025 #cascadebicycleclub #stpben25 #freesocks
Free M&Ms socks at Regal w/ code FREESOCKS mars.regmovies.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Free M&Ms socks at Regal w/ code FREESOCKS mars.regmovies.com
#LastChance for #FreeSocks!
When you spend more than £25 on #BirdsCanFly all things bird, nature And #ThePansyProject are available for gifts 🎁!
birdscanflystore.com/.../natural-...
ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONITE.
#sustainablefashion #ecofriendly
When you spend more than £25 on #BirdsCanFly all things bird, nature And #ThePansyProject are available for gifts 🎁!
birdscanflystore.com/.../natural-...
ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONITE.
#sustainablefashion #ecofriendly
December 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM
#LastChance for #FreeSocks!
When you spend more than £25 on #BirdsCanFly all things bird, nature And #ThePansyProject are available for gifts 🎁!
birdscanflystore.com/.../natural-...
ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONITE.
#sustainablefashion #ecofriendly
When you spend more than £25 on #BirdsCanFly all things bird, nature And #ThePansyProject are available for gifts 🎁!
birdscanflystore.com/.../natural-...
ENDS AT MIDNIGHT TONITE.
#sustainablefashion #ecofriendly
Our major freesocks-control-plane overhaul is complete! See our work in the latest commit 🌟
github.com/unredacted/f...
#Outline #Shadowsocks #Proxy #VPN #OpenSource #Cloudflare
github.com/unredacted/f...
#Outline #Shadowsocks #Proxy #VPN #OpenSource #Cloudflare
GitHub - unredacted/freesocks-control-plane: The control plane that makes FreeSocks work
The control plane that makes FreeSocks work. Contribute to unredacted/freesocks-control-plane development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 15, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Our major freesocks-control-plane overhaul is complete! See our work in the latest commit 🌟
github.com/unredacted/f...
#Outline #Shadowsocks #Proxy #VPN #OpenSource #Cloudflare
github.com/unredacted/f...
#Outline #Shadowsocks #Proxy #VPN #OpenSource #Cloudflare
FreeSocks update:
Unfortunately due to an edge case in our new deletion script, many access keys, primarily of Russian users were deleted by mistake.
If you are from Russia and unable to connect to FreeSocks, please simply retrieve a new access key from freesocks.org
Unfortunately due to an edge case in our new deletion script, many access keys, primarily of Russian users were deleted by mistake.
If you are from Russia and unable to connect to FreeSocks, please simply retrieve a new access key from freesocks.org
GitHub - unredacted/freesocks-control-plane: The control plane that makes FreeSocks work
The control plane that makes FreeSocks work. Contribute to unredacted/freesocks-control-plane development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 14, 2024 at 7:10 PM
FreeSocks update:
Unfortunately due to an edge case in our new deletion script, many access keys, primarily of Russian users were deleted by mistake.
If you are from Russia and unable to connect to FreeSocks, please simply retrieve a new access key from freesocks.org
Unfortunately due to an edge case in our new deletion script, many access keys, primarily of Russian users were deleted by mistake.
If you are from Russia and unable to connect to FreeSocks, please simply retrieve a new access key from freesocks.org
Via anonymized Outline server metrics we can see that people in #Myanmar are being helped by FreeSocks! ❤️
#Outline #Censorship
#Outline #Censorship
If you’re in Myanmar or know someone who is, we’re curious to know if Internet users can access freesocks.org and get an access key to help circumvent Internet censorship. We can provide website mirrors if needed.
#Myanmar #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar #WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar
FreeSocks - Circumvent Internet censorship
freesocks.org
June 19, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Via anonymized Outline server metrics we can see that people in #Myanmar are being helped by FreeSocks! ❤️
#Outline #Censorship
#Outline #Censorship
We're continuously thinking of how to make the FreeSocks more censorship resistant!💡
Our idea of how to implement #Outline dynamic access keys: github.com/unredacted/f...
Read about why we open sourced FreeSocks! 📖 unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
#opensource #censorship #privacy
Our idea of how to implement #Outline dynamic access keys: github.com/unredacted/f...
Read about why we open sourced FreeSocks! 📖 unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
#opensource #censorship #privacy
Add support for dynamic access keys · Issue #4 · unredacted/freesocks-control-plane
Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/outlinevpn/wiki/index/dynamic_access_keys/ Potential benefits: Allows the Outline servers to become even more censorship resistant by not directly revealing them...
github.com
June 19, 2024 at 5:13 AM
We're continuously thinking of how to make the FreeSocks more censorship resistant!💡
Our idea of how to implement #Outline dynamic access keys: github.com/unredacted/f...
Read about why we open sourced FreeSocks! 📖 unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
#opensource #censorship #privacy
Our idea of how to implement #Outline dynamic access keys: github.com/unredacted/f...
Read about why we open sourced FreeSocks! 📖 unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
#opensource #censorship #privacy
Our first issue on GitHub has been created! If you have suggestions, or feedback on the FreeSocks Control Plane (FCP) - feel free to open an issue. We're looking for feedback.
github.com/unredacted/f...
github.com/unredacted/f...
June 12, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Our first issue on GitHub has been created! If you have suggestions, or feedback on the FreeSocks Control Plane (FCP) - feel free to open an issue. We're looking for feedback.
github.com/unredacted/f...
github.com/unredacted/f...
The code behind FreeSocks, a service that provides free, open & uncensored Outline (Shadowsocks) proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet censorship is now open source.
Read our blog about how it works, and the design of it.
unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
Read our blog about how it works, and the design of it.
unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
FreeSocks is now open source - Unredacted
Censorship on the Internet is getting worse, not better. Because of this, we started FreeSocks, a service that provides free, open & uncensored Outline (Shadowsocks) proxies to people in countries exp...
unredacted.org
June 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM
The code behind FreeSocks, a service that provides free, open & uncensored Outline (Shadowsocks) proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet censorship is now open source.
Read our blog about how it works, and the design of it.
unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
Read our blog about how it works, and the design of it.
unredacted.org/blog/2024/06...
Exciting updates will be shared about freesocks.org soon!
A status update blog about:
- Where FreeSocks is at, and the impact it has made so far. ✊
- An announcement about the code powering FreeSocks becoming open source! 🖥️
- What the future is for FreeSocks. 💞
A status update blog about:
- Where FreeSocks is at, and the impact it has made so far. ✊
- An announcement about the code powering FreeSocks becoming open source! 🖥️
- What the future is for FreeSocks. 💞
FreeSocks - Circumvent Internet censorship
freesocks.org
June 6, 2024 at 6:10 AM
Exciting updates will be shared about freesocks.org soon!
A status update blog about:
- Where FreeSocks is at, and the impact it has made so far. ✊
- An announcement about the code powering FreeSocks becoming open source! 🖥️
- What the future is for FreeSocks. 💞
A status update blog about:
- Where FreeSocks is at, and the impact it has made so far. ✊
- An announcement about the code powering FreeSocks becoming open source! 🖥️
- What the future is for FreeSocks. 💞
We've got some really cool plans for freesocks.org. It's going to be open sourced soon!
What is FreeSocks? It's a service that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) #proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet #censorship.
What is FreeSocks? It's a service that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) #proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet #censorship.
April 18, 2024 at 6:30 AM
We've got some really cool plans for freesocks.org. It's going to be open sourced soon!
What is FreeSocks? It's a service that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) #proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet #censorship.
What is FreeSocks? It's a service that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) #proxies to people in countries experiencing a high level of Internet #censorship.
FreeSocks now supports multiple domain names! We can now deploy FreeSocks to any domain name in the event that one of the domains gets blocked.
You can fully read the documentation and get an access key via freesocks.app now if freesocks.org is blocked.
You can fully read the documentation and get an access key via freesocks.app now if freesocks.org is blocked.
FreeSocks - Circumvent Internet censorship
freesocks.org
February 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
FreeSocks now supports multiple domain names! We can now deploy FreeSocks to any domain name in the event that one of the domains gets blocked.
You can fully read the documentation and get an access key via freesocks.app now if freesocks.org is blocked.
You can fully read the documentation and get an access key via freesocks.app now if freesocks.org is blocked.
We published an FAQ page on the FreeSocks website that answers many common questions.
Check it out! freesocks.org/docs/faq/
#censorship #circumvention #privacy #security #outlinevpn #outline #shadowsocks
Check it out! freesocks.org/docs/faq/
#censorship #circumvention #privacy #security #outlinevpn #outline #shadowsocks
December 29, 2023 at 1:50 AM
We published an FAQ page on the FreeSocks website that answers many common questions.
Check it out! freesocks.org/docs/faq/
#censorship #circumvention #privacy #security #outlinevpn #outline #shadowsocks
Check it out! freesocks.org/docs/faq/
#censorship #circumvention #privacy #security #outlinevpn #outline #shadowsocks
Year in review (2023) snippet:
FreeSocks is a service we created that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
Read more! unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
FreeSocks is a service we created that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
Read more! unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
December 26, 2023 at 1:12 AM
Year in review (2023) snippet:
FreeSocks is a service we created that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
Read more! unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
FreeSocks is a service we created that provides free, open & uncensored #Outline (#Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
Read more! unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
Why and how we built FreeSocks, a service that provides free, open & uncensored Outline (Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
Introducing FreeSocks, proxies that circumvent censorship - Unredacted
Easy censorship circumvention We despise censorship and human (& animal) rights abuses, and it’s time to fight back. In addition to Operation Envoy, our effort to provide stable and performant anti-...
unredacted.org
December 23, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Why and how we built FreeSocks, a service that provides free, open & uncensored Outline (Shadowsocks) proxies to individuals in countries experiencing a high level of internet censorship.
unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
unredacted.org/blog/2023/12...
