Leading traffic through a proxy or Tor network

It’s possible to make AntennaPod lead all traffic (media files, cover images, RSS requests & searches) through a proxy or the Tor network. This may have two potential benefits:

• Privacy: depending on the type of proxy service, your downloading/streaming behaviour may be protected from podcast hosts
• Access: if a podcast host prevents the downloading of content from abroad (based on your IP address), setting a proxy with the origin country may allow you to still access its content

You will find this option under Settings » Network » Proxy.

In order to lead all traffic via the Tor network, you need to install a proxy app for Tor, and provide the following details in AntennaPod:

• Type: SOCKS
• Host: “localhost” or “127.0.0.1”
• Port: “9050”