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Anonymous Browsing On Android Phones Using Tor

Posted by Soulskill on from the privacy-on-the-move dept.

ruphus13 writes "Privacy is becoming a scarce commodity, especially with geo-aware phones. Now, Android phone users can browse anonymously using Tor — a capability, until now, limited to the desktop. From the post: 'We have successfully ported the native C Tor app to Android and built an Android application bundle that installs, runs and provides the glue needed to make it useful to end users. Secure, anonymous access to the web via Tor on Android is now a reality,' writes Guardian Project team member Nathan Freitas. The Tor 0.2.2.6-alpha release uses toolchain wrapper scripts to run Tor without requiring root access."

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  1. Privacy is the next killer ap by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The company who figures out how to protect our privacy while using all the cool gadgets and online tools is going to make a boat load of money.

  2. Except you must still trust Tor by Gothmolly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You must still assume that the Tor nodes you are using are not hacked NSA or Chinese intelligence agency nodes, with a nice 'log traffic to disk' function added. If you really care, you need something like Opportunistic Encryption.

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    1. Re:Except you must still trust Tor by AHuxley · · Score: 2, Interesting

      not hacked NSA?
      The NSA could set up front companies ie telcos or cut out political rights groups, students, uni profs boxes and just connect the dots in the USA.
      As the NSA is every telco, ips in the USA, getting a entry IP and tracing back to the exit ect. is not hard with their budget.
      As the NSA now faces inward, TOR in the USA is now another fun computer project at best.
      Sneaker net people or meet and greet with an understanding of one-time pads :)

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  3. Use it for .onion only by zoloto · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I use TOR mostly for browsing .onion sites, inaccessible without it. Also, if you set up your connection/system properly, you *can* browse anonymously. The idea is that your ISP and external website (and exit node) can't identify who you are. This is a VERY good thing. I would, however, not log into any service that could identify me as "me" online through tor. Ever.

    As a personal opinion, many of the .onion services (forums etc) are more interesting than what's on the rest of the public internet anyways. It's amusing and interesting to see what people have to say on forums when they are really able to be anonymous (trolling aside).