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 podcast host prevents content downloading from other countries (based on IP addresses), 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”