Tor Project: Orfox Paved the Way for Tor Browser on Android

 Posted on September 3, 2019  |  n8fr8

Last month, we tagged the final release of Orfox, an important milestone for us in our work on Tor. Today, we pushed this final build out to all the Orfox users on Google Play, which forces them to upgrade to the official Tor Browser for Android.. Our goal was never to become the primary developer or maintainer of the “best” tor-enabled web browser app on Android. Instead, we chose to act as a catalyst to get the Tor Project and the Tor Browser development team themselves to take on Android development, and upstream our work into the primary codebase. [Read More]
Android  tor  orfox  proxy  security  tor  firefox 

NetCipher update: global, SOCKS, and TLSv1.2

 Posted on June 25, 2019  |  Hans-Christoph Steiner

NetCipher has been relatively quiet in recent years, because it kept on working, doing it was doing. Now, we have had some recent discoveries about the guts of Android that mean NetCipher is a lot easier to use on recent Android versions. On top of that, TLSv1.2 now reigns supreme and is basically everywhere, so it is time to turn TLSv1.0 and TLSv1.1 entirely off. A single method to enable proxying for the whole app As of Android 8. [Read More]
Android  netcipher  orbot  proxy  security  tor  webkit 

The Only Way to Visit Strongbox on a Phone

 Posted on May 16, 2013  |  mark

The New Yorker magazine just launched Strongbox, a whistleblower submission system that’s hosted on a hidden website. There’s only one way to access the hidden site on a phone or tablet, and that’s with our Orweb app. Here’s a simple breakdown of how to do securely and anonymously blow the whistle, explained in an interactive tutorial: Visit guardianproject.info/howto/strongbox for an interactive tutorial on using Strongbox on your phone. The website exists as a hidden site on what is widely known as the darknet, since you are going there hidden or “in the dark. [Read More]
Android  darknet  howto  journalism  magazine  onion browser  orbot  orweb  phone  privacy  proxy  security  strongbox  tablet  the new yorker  tor  tutorial  wikileaks 

Security Awareness Party

 Posted on April 26, 2013  |  mark

In the security world, there’s a pesky belief that a tool can either be secure or easy to use, but not both. Some experts also argue that training people to be safe online is too hard and doesn’t accomplish much (see Bruce Schneier’s recent post Security Awareness Training). Without a thoughtful approach, that’s usually how it plays out. But it doesn’t have to be that way! We’re committed to making online security fun to learn and fun to use, and we’re launching a new series of interactive tutorials to make it happen. [Read More]
censorship  circumvention  education  gibberbot  guardian project  howto  obfsproxy  obfuscation  onion  proxy  tor  torproject  tutorial 

Proxy Settings Add-on for Firefox Mobile

 Posted on November 8, 2010  |  n8fr8

The latest beta of Firefox 4 on Android is proving to be very usable, stable and an increasingly viable alternative to the built-in webkit browser. However, it is unfortunately lacking the ability to manually configure proxy settings through any sort of standard user interface. This is a common problem for Android, which also lacks the ability to set browser or system wide proxy settings. This has caused real issues for us with getting Orbot (aka “Tor on Android”) to work for un-rooted Android devices, because for routing through Tor to work, you must be able to set the HTTP or SOCKS proxy settings. [Read More]
add-on  fennec  firefox  proxy  tor 

Orbot Update: New Setup Wizard at Startup

 Posted on July 29, 2010  |  n8fr8

We’ve been working away at the 0.0.9 release of Orbot over the last few months, and have put a decent amount of effort into usability. Specifically, we hoped to better communicate to users what it means to run Tor on your Android phone. In addition, we wanted to clearly lay out how the various configuration options help to improve your mobile web anonymity and ability to circumvent web filters and tracking by your mobile service provider. [Read More]
Android  anonymity  open source  orbot  proxy  tor  usability  ux