September 2018 Update!
Since 2015, Orfox has been the only mobile app recommended by the Tor Project to utilize the privacy protections of Tor on Android. The Tor Project has launched an official browser, Tor Browser for Android, now in its alpha release. Orfox will be sunsetted by early 2019 when the stable Tor Browser for
Android comes out. To experience real private browsing without tracking,
surveillance, or censorship, download Tor Browser for Android from
Google Play here: http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser_alpha
About Orfox
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.
Where can I find all the relevant Orfox project pieces?
- The Orfox project tracker roadmap is here: http://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/orfox-private-browser/roadmap
- The Orfox branch of the Tor Browser repository is here: http://github.com/guardianproject/tor-browser
- The Orfox build project is here: http://github.com/guardianproject/orfoxfennec
- The primary Tor Browser repository is here: http://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-browser.git/
- Automated debug builds of Orfox alpha are available via F-Droid here (install F-Droid on your phone, then copy/paste or open the link to add the repo): http://dev.guardianproject.info/debug/info.guardianproject.orfox/fdroid/repo
How is Orfox different than Tor Browser for desktop?
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. In as many ways as possible, we will adhere to the design goals of Tor Browser (http://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/), by supporting as much of their actual code as possible, and extending their work into the additional AF-Droid appndroid components of Firefox for Android.
How is Orfox different than Firefox for Android?
Beyond the core Tor Browser components, Orfox also must ensure all Android-specific code is properly routed through the Tor proxy, and otherwise hardened to protect against data and privacy leaks.
- Orfox adds patches at the Android Java code layer to enable proxying of all Java network HTTP communications through the local Orbot HTTP proxy (HTTP localhost:8118 for now, but moving to SOCKS). (http://dev.guardianproject.info/issues/5235 http://dev.guardianproject.info/issues/5317)
- Orfox removes the Android permissions for Contacts, Camera, Microphone, Location and NFC (http://dev.guardianproject.info/issues/3822) since the capability of using these features are not in line with the spirit of Tor Browser
- Orfox removes features like WebRTC and support for interaction with Chromecasts or Roku devices, since this type of communication is not compatibility with proxying communication through a TCP-based network like Tor (http://dev.guardianproject.info/issues/5358 http://dev.guardianproject.info/issues/5357)
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