O2.1 Research and implement a method to collect more accurate counts of Snowflake users

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In this activity, we will research and implement a method to more effectively detect censorship against Snowflake by more accurately counting usage. We will shift the counting method away from the “consensus fetch” and instead pull data from the Snowflake broker and Snowflake backend, which will allow us to count a combination of the number of requests, the number of Snowflake proxies, the number of attempts the broker makes to match a user to a proxy, and the number of successful sessions. The end result will be more accurate counts of unique users, their country of origin, and whether or not the connection is working for them.

Deliverable: Proposals for more accurately counting users of Snowflake.

Estimation: 3 months for 1 person at 100% of their time.
Timeline: start on October 2024 and ends on December 2024.

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