Orbot: Proxy with Tor
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* Android 4.0 and lower, you can download older versions from https://guardianproject.info/releases/ or through the FDroid.org open app store at https://f-droid.org. The last release with KitKat and older support is: https://guardianproject.info/releases/Orbot-v14.1.4-UpToKitKat-nonPIE.apk ***
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* SAMSUNG GALAXY USERS ***On some devices, aSamsung app is listening on the same network port that Orbot needs. Download 'SockStat' from Google Play. Look for the app on port 9050. Force stop and disable that app. You can also try to change Orbot's "Tor SOCKS" setting under the Debug section to 9051 or AUTO. You can see the fix in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK-nK4F67_g*****
Orbot is the only app that creates a truly private internet connection. As the New York Times writes, “when a communication arrives from Tor, you can never know where or whom it’s from.” Tor won the 2012 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Pioneer Award.
★ ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES: Orbot is the safest way to use the Internet on Android. Period. Orbot bounces your encrypted traffic several times through computers around the world, instead of connecting you directly like VPNs and proxies. This process takes a little longer, but the strongest privacy and identity protection available is worth the wait.
★ PRIVATE WEB SURFING: Use with Orfox, the most anonymous way to access any website, even if it’s normally blocked, monitored, or on the hidden web. Get Orfox: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox
★ PRIVATE CHAT MESSAGING: Use ChatSecure with Orbot to chat confidentially with anyone, anywhere for free. Get ChatSecure: https://goo.gl/O3FfS
★ PRIVACY FOR APPS: Any installed app can use Tor if it has a proxy feature, using the settings found here: https://goo.gl/2OA1y Use Orbot with Twitter, or try private web searching with DuckDuckGo: https://goo.gl/lgh1p
★ PRIVACY FOR EVERYONE: Tor can help you confidentially research a competitor, get around the Facebook block at school, or circumvent a firewall to watch sports at work.
★ PRIVACY MADE EASY: Check out our fun, interactive walkthrough: https://guardianproject.info/howto/browsefreely
★ IT’S OFFICIAL: This is the official version of the Tor onion routing service for Android.
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***Disclaimer***The Guardian Project makes apps that are designed to protect your security and anonymity. The protocols that we use are widely regarded as the state of the art in security technology. While we are constantly upgrading our software to combat the latest threats and eliminate bugs, no technology is 100% foolproof. For maximum security and anonymity users must utilize best practices to keep themselves safe. You can find a good introductory guide to these topics at https://securityinabox.org
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Reviews (25)
After the latest update the app stopped being useful (it reported that it's connected to TOR, but the apps in VPN mode nevertheless seemed not connected to the Internet) until I rebooted my phone. Initially I was baffled until I tried rebooting. That reboot fixed everything.
VPN mode always had a hard time being active when not connected to Tor, according to the always-on VPN setting, but now it will only be active with Tor connection, no matter what I do. It also seems to be limiting capabilities of some other apps now, even with both Tor connection and VPN mode turned off, that it wasn't doing before the last update.
The app used to work perfectly for me and now I can't use it! I had the app running for 9+ hours while asleep and still wouldn't connect! It said something about 2% strapped? Anyways it needs a update to fix this issue. I can't look up anything or watch anything that I want anymore because of it not wanting to work. Devs if you're reading this then please fix this issue for me ASAP.
I love the concept of this app! But I have been reluctant to turn it on without knowing how to correctly configure on my device and my network. Requires some extra learning or assistance in that aspect.
Very buggy. Connects once and never again. Had to clear app data and then it works again. Irritating problem. Update(21 March 2022): App is connecting and successfully connects. After a while suddenly crashes and disconnects. Why this app is so bugged always?!
Perfect vpn. It's free and it doesn't run on a timer. This is however an old school vpn so mainstream applications tend to fail. Google and their associates dont work while this vpn is running because the trackers they use truly can't find your signature with this vpn. I recommend the duckduckgo app for a faster browsing experience then with the tor browser.
My phone gets way hotter than normal a lot faster and depletes the battery from 37% to 0% in only a few hours while ON THE CHARGER when I'm gaming if it's running, even though it's not even applied to the game I'm playing. My phone isn't the best, but it's pretty good. It's got a Snapdragon 750G 5G chipset and has never gotten to the point that I've burned myself on the fingerprint sensor like I did today.
Just now i thought this app was compromised. I kept receiving notification (sound) pings like someone was pressing a button over and over again. Freaked me out. I'm no longer going on deep dark web..
Its a pretty good app. it starts up again every time i turn on or update my phone, which is a bit annoying, but i have no other complaints so far.
On latest build 16.6.0-RC4 and Android 7.1.1, disabling VPN using the switch doesn't work: VPN never gets disabled. Need to disable it manually now in Android settings. Please revert or fix, it used to work fine.
It automatically starts tor in the background . Even if i close it out starts again in some seconds. i want it to be on only when i click on the start button . it should not be active in the background always .
Literally nothing bad about this app. Works amazingly with mobile data and is probably the best level of privacy you can get, for free too! Fast speeds and best anonymity so far.
The app worked flawlessly before I recently updated. It now either doesn't connect or will be so slow that you actually just turn it off
Connects ok but it's not quite right. Entry and exit nodes set to Canada but can't access 'Canada only' online radio.
This app has become unusable. What a shame. Edit: Another year passes by and still it is unusable. Sad. Edit again: It seems to be working better than before but I need to restart it regularly as it doesn't stay on when I have no internet (obviously) and when I turn it on again I have to shut it down first.
Great app! I would be willing to pay for a subscription if it was available with more detailed infomation on the servers such as connection speeds. Also a secure email account,dashboard, other features depending on what tier of subscription you purchase. Similar too Proton VPN or AVG VPN services.
App was amazing. Definitely a 5 star app. Now it doesn't even work at all and will not connect anymore. Fix ASAP. *Edit: Back to 5 Star simply because this is awesome. So I uninstalled then installed and it's working again. However, it's kinda slow. Nevertheless anonymity is priceless.
Why does this app now give me a constant notification when orbot is "deactive". I deactivated and exited the app on purpose because i don't want to use it and therefore don't want notifications. Stop strong arming and bothering people with this new notification that stays on your phone when orbit isn't in use. The fact that I have to now go out of my way to turn off notifications from this app, just makes me rather delete it. Especially when this app hardly works as is.
After some testing, it precisely does what I expect it to do with snowflake enabled, but not without snowflake ❄️ enabled. So, I know it works 😁🥳
My only complaint is that it will set itself up to auto start on boot by default. Network speed and blockage is also an issue but not with the app itself.
Have been using it since around 2016, but now it absolutely does not work (even the VPN regime does not want to start) and constantly stops, what is going the same happens with the TOR browser as well
After the update, the connection never completes and it still tried to connect when deactivated
Hangs several times a day (requiring restart) since last release. Moreover, it now creates large cache files; it makes you wonder if the app is now collecting data on its users? It use to be a clean app.
Extra ordinary app if you want free full device vpn plus anonymity. Wish I discovered this app earlier. I would suggest the dev to quick shortcut when you press and hold the icon as it can be used by bixby routines to automate.
It was 5 star till 5 days ago and then it stopped working as supposed to be and it never got better , there is a bug that needs to be fixed , will try in a other week if it it is still down , but like it to get going again , because privacy is all !!!!! Please , also keep the app simple , not fancy stuff , just doing the job , from the moment we got the update with the apps down the screen it started to run less and less good . KEEP IT SIMPLE !!!!!!!!! JUST WORKING AS SUPPOSED TO !!!!!!!!!!!!!