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*** THIS IS A BETA RELEASE MEANT FOR
PUBLIC TESTING ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT RELY
ON THIS FOR STRONG ANONYMITY UNTIL ALL
TESTING IS COMPLETE ***
Orfox is built from the same source code as
Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but
with a few minor modifications to the
privacy enhancing features to make them
compatible with Firefox for Android and the
Android operating system.
Orfox REQUIRES Orbot app for Android to
connect to the Tor network.
In as many ways as possible, we adhere to
the design goals of Tor Browser
(torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/
design/), by supporting as much of their
actual code as possible, and extending their
work into the additional Android
components of Firefox for Android.
** Also, includes NoScript and
HTTPSEverywhere add-ons built in!
The Tor software protects you by bouncing
your communications around a distributed
network of relays run by volunteers all
around the world: it prevents somebody
watching your Internet connection from
learning what sites you visit, it prevents
the sites you visit from learning your
physical location, and it lets you access
sites which are blocked.
Learn more at:
guardianproject.info/2015/06/30/orfox-
aspiring-to-bring-tor-browser-to-
android/
* * How is Orfox different than Tor Browser
for desktop?
* The Orfox code repository is at https://
github.com/guardianproject/tor-browser
and the Tor Browser repository is here:
gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git/. The
Orfox repository is a fork of the Tor Browser
repository with the necessary modification
and Android-specific code as patches on
top of the Tor Browser work. We will keep our
repository in sync with updates and release
of Tor Browser.
* Orfox is built from the Tor Browser repo
based on ESR38 (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5146https://
dev.guardianproject.info/news/221) and
has only two modified patches that were not
relevant or necessary for Android
* Orfox does not currently include the
mobile versions of the Tor Browser * Button,
but this we will be added shortly, now that
we have discovered how to properly support
automatic installation of extensions on
Android (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5360)
* Orfox currently allows for users to
bookmark sites, and may have additional
data written to disk beyond what the core
gecko browser component does. We are still
auditing all disk write code, and
determining how to appropriately disable or
harden it. (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5437)
* * How is Orfox different than Orweb?
Orweb is our current default browser for
Orbot/Tor mobile users
(guardianproject.info/apps/orweb) that
has been downloaded over 2 million times.
It is VERY VERY SIMPLE, as it only has one
tab, no bookmark capability, and an
extremely minimal user experience.
Orweb is built upon the bundled WebView
(Webkit) browser component inside of the
Android operating system.
This has proven to be problematic because we
cannot control the version of that
component, and cannot upgrade it directly
when bugs are found. In addition, Google
has made it very difficult to effectively
control the network proxy settings of all
aspects of this component, making it
difficult to guarantee that traffic will not
leak on all devices and OS versions.
Orweb also only provides a very limited
amount of capability of Tor Browser,
primarily related to reducing browser
fingerprinting, minimizing disk writes, and
cookie and history management. It trys to
mimic some of the settings of Tor Browser,
but doesn’t actually use any of the actual
code written for Tor Browser security
hardening.
Size : 34M
Requires Android : 2.3 and up
Offered By : Their Tor Project
Download Link. :
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PUBLIC TESTING ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT RELY
ON THIS FOR STRONG ANONYMITY UNTIL ALL
TESTING IS COMPLETE ***
Orfox is built from the same source code as
Tor Browser (which is built upon Firefox), but
with a few minor modifications to the
privacy enhancing features to make them
compatible with Firefox for Android and the
Android operating system.
Orfox REQUIRES Orbot app for Android to
connect to the Tor network.
In as many ways as possible, we adhere to
the design goals of Tor Browser
(torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/
design/), by supporting as much of their
actual code as possible, and extending their
work into the additional Android
components of Firefox for Android.
** Also, includes NoScript and
HTTPSEverywhere add-ons built in!
The Tor software protects you by bouncing
your communications around a distributed
network of relays run by volunteers all
around the world: it prevents somebody
watching your Internet connection from
learning what sites you visit, it prevents
the sites you visit from learning your
physical location, and it lets you access
sites which are blocked.
Learn more at:
guardianproject.info/2015/06/30/orfox-
aspiring-to-bring-tor-browser-to-
android/
* * How is Orfox different than Tor Browser
for desktop?
* The Orfox code repository is at https://
github.com/guardianproject/tor-browser
and the Tor Browser repository is here:
gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git/. The
Orfox repository is a fork of the Tor Browser
repository with the necessary modification
and Android-specific code as patches on
top of the Tor Browser work. We will keep our
repository in sync with updates and release
of Tor Browser.
* Orfox is built from the Tor Browser repo
based on ESR38 (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5146https://
dev.guardianproject.info/news/221) and
has only two modified patches that were not
relevant or necessary for Android
* Orfox does not currently include the
mobile versions of the Tor Browser * Button,
but this we will be added shortly, now that
we have discovered how to properly support
automatic installation of extensions on
Android (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5360)
* Orfox currently allows for users to
bookmark sites, and may have additional
data written to disk beyond what the core
gecko browser component does. We are still
auditing all disk write code, and
determining how to appropriately disable or
harden it. (dev.guardianproject.info/
issues/5437)
* * How is Orfox different than Orweb?
Orweb is our current default browser for
Orbot/Tor mobile users
(guardianproject.info/apps/orweb) that
has been downloaded over 2 million times.
It is VERY VERY SIMPLE, as it only has one
tab, no bookmark capability, and an
extremely minimal user experience.
Orweb is built upon the bundled WebView
(Webkit) browser component inside of the
Android operating system.
This has proven to be problematic because we
cannot control the version of that
component, and cannot upgrade it directly
when bugs are found. In addition, Google
has made it very difficult to effectively
control the network proxy settings of all
aspects of this component, making it
difficult to guarantee that traffic will not
leak on all devices and OS versions.
Orweb also only provides a very limited
amount of capability of Tor Browser,
primarily related to reducing browser
fingerprinting, minimizing disk writes, and
cookie and history management. It trys to
mimic some of the settings of Tor Browser,
but doesn’t actually use any of the actual
code written for Tor Browser security
hardening.
Size : 34M
Requires Android : 2.3 and up
Offered By : Their Tor Project
Download Link. :
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