Re: [tor-talk] Using Orbot standalone

2022-04-04 Thread Nathan Freitas
> On Mar 30, 2022, at 10:36 AM, Alessandro Donnini via tor-talk > wrote: > > Hi, > > I apologize in advance if this question (see below) was asked (and answered) > previously. I could not find any information on it. > > I would like to incorporate a proxy server in my Androd app to perform

[tor-talk] Orbot 16.5.1 BETA 2 and more....

2021-07-09 Thread Nathan Freitas
Orbot 16.5.1-BETA-2 with tor 0.4.5.9 is posted... Highlights - tor now at 0.4.5.9 with improved stability of new "in process" mode - more tuning of snowflake support - updated translations - experimental: enable your device to be a snowflake proxy for others (at bottom of settings), optionall

Re: [tor-talk] trackers in OONI Probe Mobile App / was: NEW RiseupVPN test in OONI Probe Mobile App

2021-02-10 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 2/8/21 5:15 AM, Maria Xynou wrote: > > We are not sure if we are going to keep Firebase in the long-run, but > it's difficult to investigate app crashes without proper reports. > > Do you have any suggestions for better tools to collect app crashes on > Android? Acra is a good, open-source, s

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Browser for advanced users on Android

2020-10-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 10/11/20 9:47 AM, Jonathan Marquardt wrote: > For example, > Orbot is already quite battery-hungry as it is, but running two Orbot > instances all the time for browsing while torifying some other things really > ain't that great on a smartphone. This is definitely something we've been talki

Re: [tor-talk] Wahay: Mumble + Onion Service

2020-05-30 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 5/29/20 5:25 PM, Rafael Bonifaz wrote: > > Our latest project is call Wahay that combines two great projects: > Mumble and Tor. The user interface is similar to Zoom, where you can > start a meeting or join a meeting. Wrapping this all in a familiar Zoom user interface is a great move. Keep up

[tor-talk] New podcasts from Guardian Project with OONI and Tor folk

2020-05-25 Thread Nathan Freitas
If you are looking for some fantastic medium-length listens this week that feature fantastic members of the Internet Freedom community, well, search no more! We've recorded three episodes in the last two weeks during our Clean Insights Symposium Extraordinaire, that are available to you, free of c

Re: [tor-talk] Please fix Orbot.

2020-03-06 Thread Nathan Freitas
Actually, this is the best place for quick response: https://github.com/guardianproject/orbot or email to sup...@guardianproject.info That said, we will need more details. The beauty of Android is also the pain - the insane diversity of OS versions, community ROMs, hardware types, unexpected task

Re: [tor-talk] The Orbot not have any update?

2019-12-09 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 12/6/19 1:09 PM, hack3r...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello Tor team, > I updated Orbot on my BB Aurora cellphone (Android 7.1.1), but after the > update the Orbot just show me "Orbot is starting..." and can't connect. I > know some users reported this issue, but not solved. > Please examine it. > We

[tor-talk] Fwd: Heads up: Orfox "RIP" EOL is coming, moving to TBA!

2019-09-03 Thread Nathan Freitas
Forwarded Message Subject:Heads up: Orfox "RIP" EOL is coming, moving to TBA! Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:16:31 -0400 From: Nathan of Guardian Organisation: Guardian Project To: Guardian Dev We will be officially announcing the end of Orfox this week, by relea

Re: [tor-talk] Nice to meet you! / WhatsApp by Tor?

2019-04-16 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 4/16/19 12:41 PM, GTI .H wrote: > Em ter, 16 de abr de 2019 às 12:25, Nathan Freitas <mailto:nat...@freitas.net>> escreveu: > > > On 4/16/19 11:48 AM, GTI .H wrote: > > Please, how can I use Tor to hide the origin IP in WhatsApp Android? > > Sin

Re: [tor-talk] Nice to meet you! / WhatsApp by Tor?

2019-04-16 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 4/16/19 11:48 AM, GTI .H wrote: > Please, how can I use Tor to hide the origin IP in WhatsApp Android? Since WhatsApp is executable code on your Android phone, it can access information about your device directly. This includes accessing your "real" IP address through local network information

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot 16.0.5-RC-1-tor-0.3.4.9

2018-11-14 Thread Nathan Freitas
Forwarded Message Subject:Orbot 16.0.5-RC-1-tor-0.3.4.9 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:05:21 -0500 From: Nathan of Guardian Organisation: Guardian Project To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org New Orbot 16.0.5 out now on Github, https://guardianproject.info/relea

Re: [tor-talk] Tor VoIP PBX Architecture Discussion

2018-10-23 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Oct 23, 2018, at 1:55 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 05:13:39PM +0100, Iain Learmonth wrote: > > It might also be that half-duplex communication (even if implemented > > with humans saying "over") could bring benefits as this would allow you > > to increase the buffer

Re: [tor-talk] How can Orbot for Android contact me?

2018-10-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 10/14/2018 06:36 PM, Seth Caldwell wrote: > I want to know how I can get orbot to send me an SMS or Email if something > isn't configured correctly or a bug occurs etc. P.S. I am somewhat new to > Tor being that I only have had it for less than a month so, please don't > make your response too

Re: [tor-talk] Orbot: Over 20 Million Served, Ready for the Next Billion

2018-05-16 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, May 16, 2018, at 8:13 AM, Lara wrote: > On Wed, 16 May 2018, at 11:53, Nathan Freitas wrote: > > Since we release Orbot roughly 8 years ago, it has been installed > > more than 20 million times, by people from hundreds of different > > countries and walks of life.

[tor-talk] Orbot: Over 20 Million Served, Ready for the Next Billion

2018-05-16 Thread Nathan Freitas
Orbot: Over 20 Million Served, Ready for the Next Billion https://guardianproject.info/2018/05/16/orbot-over-20-million-served-ready-for-the-next-billion/ We recently published the latest release of Orbot (16.0.2!), and as usual, we make it available via Google Play, as well F-Droid, and through

[tor-talk] New release: Orbot 16.0.2-RC-1

2018-05-14 Thread Nathan Freitas
Orbot 16.0.2-RC-1 Rolling out to Google Play now, and soon F-Droid. Direct APKs available on the Github release page below. Thanks to @bitmold @goapunk @pgerber @rjmalagon @Le1b1 for the help with this release! Highlights updated to tor 0.3.3.5 (Onion Services v3 support and more) split

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot 16.0.2-BETA-1 with Tor 0.3.3.5-RC

2018-05-11 Thread Nathan Freitas
Forwarded Message Subject: Orbot 16.0.2-BETA-1 with Tor 0.3.3.5-RC Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 01:03:56 -0400 From: Nathan of Guardian Organization: Guardian Project To: Guardian Dev Orbot 16.0.2-BETA-1 with Tor 0.3.3.5-RC is out. Please test! https://github.com/n8fr8/orbot/releas

Re: [tor-talk] Anonymity and Voip

2018-05-09 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 05/09/2018 10:57 AM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > > > On 05/09/2018 09:27 AM, panoramix.druida wrote: >> Hi I would like to know your thoughts about anonymity and voip. I would like >> to know if it is possible to hide the fact that Alice is talking to Bob and &

Re: [tor-talk] Anonymity and Voip

2018-05-09 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 05/09/2018 09:27 AM, panoramix.druida wrote: > Hi I would like to know your thoughts about anonymity and voip. I would like > to know if it is possible to hide the fact that Alice is talking to Bob and > that content of the communication is secure of course. > > I see that Whonix people hav

Re: [tor-talk] Fixing Orchid (Tor reimplementation in Java)

2018-04-17 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 04/17/2018 10:27 AM, Masayuki Hatta wrote: > As some of you might remember, there was a thing called Orchid, an > independent Tor client/library implementation written in pure Java. > Unfortunately, Orchid became an abandonware (I suppose) and doesn't > work at all for a while. > > Recently,

Re: [tor-talk] What does this log mean?

2018-01-06 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018, at 3:24 AM, Jason Long wrote: > Hello.What does this log mean? It means you successfully connected to Tor, using Orbot. Congratulations! You are using one of the Meek Bridge servers, which has a lot of users, which is likely why you received the message about the overloaded

[tor-talk] Orbot v16 (16.0.0-RC-2) is out

2018-01-05 Thread Nathan Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Orbot v16 is out: https://guardianproject.info/2018/01/05/orbot-v16-a-whole-new-look-and-e asier-to-use/ Orbot: Tor for Android has a new release (tag and changelog), with a major update to the user experience and interface. This is the 16th ma

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Orbot v16.0.0 alpha 1 is up

2017-12-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
Forwarded Message Subject: [guardian-dev] Orbot v16.0.0 alpha 1 is up Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:01:21 -0500 From: Nathan of Guardian Organization: Guardian Project To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Greetings from the Mozilla All-Hands dev meeting in Austin, TX. I always enj

[tor-talk] Orfox 1.4.1 RC 1 (TB 52.2 / 7.0)

2017-12-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
We have a new small update of Orfox out, that fixes two minor, but annoying issues: * 0dd2ea0 Don't remove referer (Tor Browser doesn't) #23273 tor trac https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/23273 * 9669dbf update user-agent to 52 Mozilla/5.0 (Android; Mobile; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Fi

[tor-talk] Fwd: Re: [guardian-dev] No more “Root” features in Orbot… use Orfox & VPN instead!

2017-10-27 Thread Nathan Freitas
FYI... Forwarded Message Subject: Re: [guardian-dev] No more “Root” features in Orbot… use Orfox & VPN instead! Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:16:34 -0400 From: Nathan of Guardian Organization: Guardian Project To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org now in plaintext... (sorry new inst

[tor-talk] ANN: Orbot v15.5 RC 1

2017-10-25 Thread Nathan Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A new release of Orbot has been tagged: https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git/tag/?h=15.5.0-RC-1-multi-SDK16 CHANGELOG is here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git/tree/CHANGELOG?h=15.5.0-RC-1-multi-SDK16 Highlights * Update to Tor 0.3.1.

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orfox v1.4 RC 2 "For Bassel"

2017-08-03 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: Orfox v1.4 RC 2 "For Bassel" Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:02:07 -0400 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Orfox v1.4 RC 2 "For Bassel" - - Update based on Firefox ESR 52.2 and Tor Browse

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Orfox v1.4 Beta (based onTor Browser 7.5) is out

2017-08-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
"Grey Shirts" provide some great tools for packet capture and network monitoring, that make it easy to discover leaks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Grey+Shirts Unfortunately, they are not open-source. On Fri, Jul 21, 2017, at 11:37 PM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > -

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orfox v1.4 Beta (based onTor Browser 7.5) is out

2017-07-21 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: Orfox v1.4 Beta (based onTor Browser 7.5) is out Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:36:54 -0400 A new beta build of Orfox 1.4 is now up with an updated version of the new Orfox Setsings (aka Tor Browser Sett

Re: [tor-talk] Beware of insecure mobile Tor apps such as Orion/Torion

2017-07-21 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Jul 19, 2017, at 01:44 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 11:30:44AM -0400, InterN0T wrote: > > The developer basically took Mike Tigas' iOS app and introduced several > > vulnerabilities to it that could be used to track users > > To be clear, right now there are no io

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot 15.4.1-RC-1 is out (with Tor 0.3.x!)

2017-05-31 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: Orbot 15.4.1-RC-1 is out (with Tor 0.3.x!) Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:41:35 -0400 A new RC update of Orbot is out with the latest stable Tor included! Tagged: https://github.com/n8fr8/orbot/release

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot 15.4.0 beta-2 multi (arm,x86)

2017-03-22 Thread Nathan Freitas
Orbot 15.4.0 beta-2 multi (arm,x86) is tagged and signed APKs posted here: https://github.com/n8fr8/orbot/releases/tag/15.4.0-beta-2-multi (and tagged here: https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git/tag/?id=15.4.0-beta-2-multi) Highlights include: - update to Tor 0.2.9.9 (testing of Tor 0.3.x code

Re: [tor-talk] Setting up own meek servers

2017-03-08 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017, at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Marquardt wrote: > So, when meek-google was suspended, one of the recommendations for people > was > to set up their own apps in AppEngine as meek servers. > > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2016-June/041699.html > > Wouldn't it be a go

Re: [tor-talk] Javascript exploit

2016-12-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Thu, Dec 1, 2016, at 01:27 PM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 02:28:52PM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > > * The blog post about the 6.0.7 Tor Browser update will go up any > > >

Re: [tor-talk] Javascript exploit

2016-12-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Nov 30, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 02:28:52PM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote: > > * The blog post about the 6.0.7 Tor Browser update will go up any > > moment. I see that the Tor Browser team has already put the packages in > > https://dist.torprojec

Re: [tor-talk] is it compulsory to enable bridges or apps VPN mode on orbot

2016-11-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
Thanks for the community support help, Jonathan! I will just add that you should really install Orfox browser to get the Tor-only, most private web access setup. Otherwise, VPN mode is great for other apps that don't know about Tor. Finally, make sure you upgrade to the final Orbot v15.2.1 RC 8

Re: [tor-talk] Cyberoam is again blocking Meek

2016-08-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, at 09:31 AM, Justin wrote: > I’ve been conducting some more tests against a Cyberoam with Meek, and > over the past two weeks, they have managed to completely block the > default front domains of Meek. Meek-Azure gets blocked at 10% of Tor > bootstrapping, so it’s probably bei

Re: [tor-talk] 2 hop mode for people that only want to use Tor for censorship circumvention to conserve bandwidth and decrease latency?

2016-06-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016, at 04:34 PM, Ivan Markin wrote: > Greg Norcie: > > Even if we drastically increase the number of nodes in the network, > > it's hard to imagine Tor (with 3 hops) will be able to have less > > latency than a single hop VPN. > > Of course VPNs will have lower latency than Tor a

Re: [tor-talk] 2 hop mode for people that only want to use Tor for censorship circumvention to conserve bandwidth and decrease latency?

2016-06-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016, at 08:55 AM, Greg Norcie wrote: > If your main concern is merely circumvention (and you're not worried > about > retaliation for circumventing), you might be better off using a VPN. > > Unlike Tor, there is no globally published list of all VPN services, so > you > could prob

Re: [tor-talk] meek-google suspended for terms of service violations

2016-06-02 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016, at 09:32 PM, David Fifield wrote: > In the meantime, you can use meek-amazon or meek-azure. If you set up > your own CDN instance and point it to the origin domain > https://meek.bamsoftware.com/, it will be faster than the default meek > bridges that come in Tor Browser. (The

Re: [tor-talk] Could Tor be used for health informatics?

2016-05-30 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, May 30, 2016, at 09:08 PM, Seth David Schoen wrote: > Paul Templeton writes: > > > Where Tor may fit... > > > > The Tor network would provide the secure transport - each site would create > > an onion address. Central servers would keep tab of address and public keys > > for each site a

Re: [tor-talk] Orbot

2016-03-22 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Mar 22, 2016, at 01:10 PM, libertyinpe...@riseup.net wrote: > Guardian Project does not seem to be supporting Orbot. Sent two emails > to Support which were ignored. I'm sorry your emails were lost in the mix. You sent them when we were all at the last Tor Developer meeting, and then I (

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.2 released

2016-03-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016, at 04:30 PM, Dash Four wrote: > I was finally able to test the newest version (below) with my set up (I > use customised firewall/transproxy settings and a vpn - all outside > orbot). > The good news is that version now works with no major problems, though I > still found a c

Re: [tor-talk] Not able to download Tor to droid

2016-02-25 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016, at 05:03 PM, Nathaniel Suchy wrote: > If you stop Tor (Orbot) and then start it again the issue should be > fixed. > On a side note why isn't Tor built into Orfox on Android? We chose not to do this, because you can use Orbot standalone for many other apps. You don't want ev

Re: [tor-talk] Thoughts on Tor router hardware

2016-02-24 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016, at 03:04 PM, some_guy...@safe-mail.net wrote: > > My conclusions are that running Tor on the router can enhance both > > security and usability. > > You are dead wrong on that. (Semi-) transparent proxying is bad for quite > a few reasons. > Unless you know what you are doin

Re: [tor-talk] Thoughts on Tor router hardware

2016-02-24 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Feb 23, 2016, at 03:46 PM, Rob van der Hoeven wrote: > My conclusions are that running Tor on the router can enhance both > security and usability. It further opens new possibilities for expanding > the Tor-network and can provide a stable source of income for the > Tor-project. > Wrote an

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.2 released

2016-02-24 Thread Nathan Freitas
We are now using obfs4proxy to support both obfs4 and meek connectivity using the new "meek_lite" feature provided by Yawning. It is working great, and Bridges+VPN support now works back to Android 4.1. This is also reduced the distribution binary size of Orbot from 14MB to 11MB. - Original m

Re: [tor-talk] Default to meek based on location?

2016-02-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Feb 15, 2016, at 04:38 AM, rizzo wrote: > In some big censored countries, meek pluggable transports are the only > option to connect to the Tor network without manually obtaining > bridges, a process which I believe many people don't understand enough > to figure it out on their own. Has

Re: [tor-talk] orplug, an Android firewall with per-app Tor circuit isolation

2016-02-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, Feb 14, 2016, at 06:12 AM, Rusty Bird wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi coderman, > > > with VPN approach you don't get to control traffic outside routed > > range, or before VPN activates, or fail-safe if it drops > > un-expectedly, or ... > > I heard t

Re: [tor-talk] orplug, an Android firewall with per-app Tor circuit isolation

2016-02-12 Thread Nathan Freitas
Neat and thanks! Perhaps we can think about building this into Orbot, since we already have a very basic VPN. On Fri, Feb 12, 2016, at 08:31 AM, Rusty Bird wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > Maybe someone else will find this useful? > https://github.com/rusty

[tor-talk] Internet of Onion Things and the OnionCam

2016-02-10 Thread Nathan Freitas
I have been working on some ideas about using Tor to improve the state of inter-connectivity, authentication, confidentiality of so-called "Internet of Things" devices. The link below is to a rough draft of a presentation I gave yesterday to start hashing out these ideas in a more public way. It al

Re: [tor-talk] meek-azure was blocked in China for about 4 days

2016-02-08 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016, at 06:02 PM, David Fifield wrote: > For about four days (January 29 to February 1, 2016), meek-azure was > blocked in China. The blocking may not have been intended for > meek-azure, and may not have been deliberate blocking, but it had the > effect of blocking the service. It

Re: [tor-talk] Not able to download Tor to droid]

2016-02-05 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Feb 5, 2016, at 03:11 PM, libertyinpe...@ruggedinbox.com wrote: > ... Kindly be advised, I did get rid of all the google and other > commercial apps on the tablet earlier after Tor would not properly > download. Every one I could find. Are any of these apps required by the > droid to down

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.0 Alpha 1

2016-01-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, at 11:12 PM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > Stay tuned for our next beta update. Here's Orbot b15.1 Beta 2 (https://gitweb.torproject.org/orbot.git/commit/?id=a0b092856146e49b9c5056fc6f6adb070d76e0ef), which addresses a number of issues that you referenced, Dash. Pleas

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.0 Alpha 1

2016-01-12 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, at 04:42 PM, Dash Four wrote: > Nathan Freitas wrote: > > I really don't understand how Orbot or Droidwalls iptables rules are > > co-existing with Android VPN. This is really a new one for me. I will > > make sure transproxy is working on Android 5.

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.0 Alpha 1

2016-01-11 Thread Nathan Freitas
ly 3 years ago, which is still open. This is not an Orbot specific issue though, right? > Another axe to grind with tor is its inability to specify binding > interface for the various ports it uses. It currently requires an IP > address > (:). That format can't be use

Re: [tor-talk] Torified Mobile Experience

2016-01-04 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Jan 1, 2016, at 07:22 PM, Spencer wrote: > About a year ago, a discussion touched on what could be TorPhone, or > PhOnion, or whatever. > > Following up with this, I find Mike Perry's original post is still > alive: > > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardening-andro

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.1.0 Alpha 1

2016-01-03 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: Orbot v15.1.0 Alpha 1 Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 02:04:44 -0500 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Happy 2016... and here's an update for Orbot to test APK: https://guardianproject.in

Re: [tor-talk] Internet failure without orbot

2015-11-06 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015, at 11:27 AM, Metal Heart wrote: > Thank you, but its not helpful. With azure or google i have 25%, without > them 50% bootstrapped. Okay. Well be patient - the first bootstrap takes the longest, but if it is slowly increasing, then it will eventually get to 100%. Otherwise,

Re: [tor-talk] Internet failure without orbot

2015-11-06 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015, at 06:23 AM, Metal Heart wrote: > Thanks a lot! > But now I have bootstrapped 25% without progression. Im not sure, but > with WiFi I havent problems alike this. Please try enabling the "Tunnel through Google" or "Tunnel through Azure" options under the "Bridges" button on the

Re: [tor-talk] Internet failure without orbot

2015-11-05 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015, at 03:29 PM, Metal Heart wrote: > Hi, have you any idea about failure on my android after > turning off orbot app? My internet is not work till i turn on > orbot. > -- Please disable all root and transproxy features. Also try "Transproxy FORCE REMOVE" feature in Orbot setting

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

2015-09-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Alexis Wattel wrote: > The User-Agent and Accept headers gave me a unique fingerprint on > https://panopticlick.eff org/. Yes, they are unique for Orfox users. > They should be set to the same as the Tor Browser. There's no point in > identifying the client as

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

2015-09-27 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, Sep 27, 2015, at 05:26 PM, spencer...@openmailbox.org wrote: > What are the benefits to the permissions 'run at startup', 'download > files without notification', 'install shortcuts', and 'uninstall > shortcuts'? We are still working our way through all the permissions that Firefox has/e

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

2015-09-25 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015, at 04:42 AM, Elrippo wrote: > You are welcone. Of course I have orbot installed, I misspelled OrBot > with OrWeb Just making sure! > When I want to quit OrFox with "quit", it does not quit on CyanogenMod > 11, I have to kill OrFox manually. Yes, the "quit" function on Andro

Re: [tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

2015-09-25 Thread Nathan Freitas
not quit, I have to > kill the process manually > > Nice to have a replacement for orbot, nice work!!! > > Am 25. September 2015 00:33:08 MESZ, schrieb Nathan Freitas > : > >Orfox Beta is out on our F-Droid repos and Google Play: > > > >https://play.google.

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] first beta release Orfox!

2015-09-24 Thread Nathan Freitas
Orfox Beta is out on our F-Droid repos and Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.orfox https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/repo If you haven't heard about Orfox, you can read more about it here: https://guardianproject.info/2015/06/30/orfox-aspiring-to-br

Re: [tor-talk] HIDDEN SERVICE IN ANDROID TABLET

2015-07-16 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015, at 03:30 AM, pmwinzi wrote: > What is the best web server to host tor hidden service in android tablet? Orbot can easily be configured to start and host a hidden service on any port. Just enable the feature in Orbot's settings, and enter the port you wish for it to be availab

[tor-talk] Fwd: Orbot v15.0.3-RC-3 is out (with Tor 0.2.6.10)

2015-07-14 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: Orbot v15.0.3-RC-3 is out (with Tor 0.2.6.10) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:36:08 -0400 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Orbot 15.0.1-RC-3 / 14-July-2015 APK: https://guardianproject.

Re: [tor-talk] Tor in background on iOS 9?

2015-07-11 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sat, Jul 11, 2015, at 07:25 PM, Ed Baskerville wrote: > Long-time lurker, first-time poster. > > It looks like Apple is finally going to allow background-running network > proxies on iOS, via app extensions. It's not obvious at a glance if you > can do everything you need to do to run Tor, but

Re: [tor-talk] Circuits in Orbot

2015-06-23 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015, at 04:27 PM, forc...@safe-mail.net wrote: > I am using Orbot for Android and was surprised to see that circuits are > up to 5 nodes. I remember having read that TOR would not be more secure > (and even could be UNsecure) if it would use more than 3 nodes to build a > circuit.

Re: [tor-talk] Browsers with Tor on Android? (was: Firefox with Tor on Android?)

2015-06-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, May 31, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Jens Lechtenboerger wrote: > > I’ll check out Lightning Browser at some later point in time. > > That is unusable for me. > > 1. It is based on WebView, which is vulnerable on my phone: > https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser/issues/193 > > 2. On my

Re: [tor-talk] Firefox with Tor on Android?

2015-05-21 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, May 20, 2015, at 03:44 PM, Jens Lechtenboerger wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > many thanks for your quick reply! > > On 2015-05-19, Nathan Freitas wrote: > > > On Tue, May 19, 2015, at 04:33 PM, Jens Lechtenboerger wrote: > >> the usage instructions

Re: [tor-talk] Firefox with Tor on Android?

2015-05-19 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Tue, May 19, 2015, at 04:33 PM, Jens Lechtenboerger wrote: > the usage instructions for Tor on Android at > https://www.torproject.org/docs/android.html.en > are unsafe for Firefox users. > Firefox on Android downloads favicons without respecting proxy > preferences. See here: > https://bugzil

Re: [tor-talk] obfsproxy for Android

2015-04-27 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015, at 09:05 AM, Mohsen Khahani wrote: > I am developing an anti censorship application for Android. Is there a > way technically to use *obfsproxy *client in my app since it's been > written > in Python? Any advice? I am working on a library named PLUTO to help promote the use o

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Orbot v15 beta 1

2015-04-03 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: [guardian-dev] Orbot v15 beta 1 Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:13:51 -0400 Orbot v15 beta 1 is functionality complete. Beyond the new purple background, the "Apps" VPN mode and "Bridges" setup support di

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Onion Proxy Library

2015-02-19 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015, at 08:17 PM, Yaron Goland wrote: > I just updated the Tor Onion Proxy Library [1]. The library will set up a > Tor Onion Proxy and help you connect to it as well as use it to host a > hidden service. It provides an AAR for Android and a JAR for Linux, OS/X > and Windows. Than

[tor-talk] Orbot+VPN alpha preview

2015-02-04 Thread Nathan Freitas
We have a new alpha build of Orbot that uses the Android VPN API to route all Android device traffic over Tor without root. This is obviously focused on circumvention and not anonymity, allowing people to use apps over Tor that are blocked in specific countries or contexts. We are also considering

Re: [tor-talk] Facebook Onion Site: Impending Works

2015-02-04 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015, at 06:23 AM, Alec Muffett wrote: > Specifically, we will be testing some experimental code to support both > “www-” and “m-site” onion addresses, which will bring to Tor the “mobile” > Facebook website as described in the original announcement: Just tried this today from Andro

Re: [tor-talk] Tor on the iPhone?

2015-01-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015, at 09:59 AM, Jeff Burdges wrote: > > On 15 Jan 2015, at 21:54, Nathan Freitas wrote: > > > On a related note, the latest ChatSecure on iOS includes Tor, as well, > > for XMPP connections. > > I thought it needed an external Tor applicaiton, spe

Re: [tor-talk] Tor on the iPhone?

2015-01-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
>On Thu, Jan 15, 2015, at 09:18 AM, blo...@openmailbox.org wrote: >Is this a valid app for using Tor on the iPhone? >https://mike.tig.as/onionbrowser/ Leaving aside the issues of iOS and the Apple Store, non-verifiable binaries, etc, it is definitely a valid project and app. If you trust using an

[tor-talk] Fwd: [liberationtech] Technical observations about recent internet censorship in India

2015-01-06 Thread Nathan Freitas
Great to see OONI used for tracking censorship in India. Seems like an ideal testing ground. - Original message - From: Kaustubh Srikanth To: liberationt...@lists.stanford.edu Subject: [liberationtech] Technical observations about recent internet censorship in India Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015

Re: [tor-talk] All I Want For X-mas: TorPhone

2014-12-29 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Dec 26, 2014, at 07:01 PM, Chuck Peters wrote: > spencer...@openmailbox.org said: > > > > With all of the great development happening around the Tor network > > this holiday season, it seems fitting to ask for something that > > would help me out tremendously: TorPhone. > > > > I propose,

Re: [tor-talk] ChatSecure Problem?

2014-11-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
Yeah best to email me direct for support or supp...@guardianproject.info On Thu, Nov 13, 2014, at 04:43 PM, Alec Muffett wrote: > Hi Nathan! > > I am running CS 14.0.7-beta-2 on a Nexus 5 running 4.4.4. > > I can sign into Google Chat and open a connection to Runa over it. > > But: no padlock i

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Orbot & Orweb updates for Android L/5.x

2014-11-13 Thread Nathan Freitas
- Original message - From: Nathan of Guardian To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org Subject: [guardian-dev] Orbot & Orweb updates for Android L/5.x Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:20:02 -0500 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Orbot v14.1.0-PIE (for 4.1/JB and up): APK: https://gu

Re: [tor-talk] "Hidden Services" vs "Onion services"

2014-11-12 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Virgil Griffith wrote: > I'll start trying "onion service" and just see if it catches on. Since these things are mostly used for websites, why not call them "onion sites" or "onionsites"? Typical users don't talk about web services, they talk about web sites

Re: [tor-talk] [OrFox] release date

2014-10-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, Oct 19, 2014, at 05:33 AM, Elrippo wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hy devs, > i am loving the Orweb browser with it's options for the control of > cookies, user agent obfuscation and the design. > Can you give us an update on the development regarding the OrF

Re: [tor-talk] using UDPGW and tun2socks over Tor

2014-10-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014, at 01:40 PM, grarpamp wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Nathan Freitas wrote: > > >> This means we can support SIP calling over Tor, video conference and > >> streaming, among other applications... > > Tor as a client also ne

[tor-talk] using UDPGW and tun2socks over Tor

2014-10-23 Thread Nathan Freitas
Is there any reason we shouldn't consider supporting UDP over Tor with Orbot, by tunneling the packets using the combination of badvpn's tun2socks and udpgw ("udp gateway") feature? This has come up as we are implementing the Android VPNService, and discovered how easy to implement and well perfor

[tor-talk] Orbot/Tor talk at MIT tomorrow

2014-10-22 Thread Nathan Freitas
, and for five years, has been supporting mobile devices, as well. Speaker: Nathan Freitas is the lead developer of Orbot, Tor for Android, and the Orweb and Orfox privacy enhanced mobile web browsers. He also founded the Guardian Project, a five year old effort that creates easy-to-use open source

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Progress on OrbotVPN

2014-10-21 Thread Nathan Freitas
The work below would remove the root/transproxy feature from Orbot, and replace it with using a Android VPN/tuntap interface capability routed through Tor's SOCKS via tun2socks. This means anyone can enable the "send all apps through Tor" feature even without needing root. When the VPN mode is on,

Re: [tor-talk] orWall 1.0.0 released!

2014-10-08 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014, at 03:37 AM, CJ wrote: > just a small update regarding orWall: it's released 1.0.0! > There's still *one* annoying issue regarding the tethering, but it > should be OK next week. Just have to take some time in order to debug > this for good. > I just want to say how gratifyin

Re: [tor-talk] orWall 1.0.0 released!

2014-10-03 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Fri, Oct 3, 2014, at 03:37 AM, CJ wrote: > just a small update regarding orWall: it's released 1.0.0! > There's still *one* annoying issue regarding the tethering, but it > should be OK next week. Just have to take some time in order to debug > this for good. Congratulations. Will definitely do

Re: [tor-talk] Anonymity of RSS readers

2014-09-22 Thread Nathan Freitas
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014, at 07:49 AM, Christian Stadelmann wrote: > b) using Tor > This is a bad idea too since I regularly fetch some hundred RSS/Atom > files, some of them via unencrypted HTTP. This would clearly undermine > all anonymity provided by tor. This problem gets even worse when th

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Orbot v14.0.8.1 (now with Tor 0.2.5.x)

2014-09-15 Thread Nathan Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for all the hard work, "little t" Tor devs. We are really excited about moving to 0.2.5.x for Orbot. - Forwarded Message Subject: [guardian-dev] Orbot v14.0.8.1 (now with Tor 0.2.5.x) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 09:45:05 -0400 Fro

Re: [tor-talk] Hidden service on Android device through Orbot

2014-09-08 Thread Nathan Freitas
On September 8, 2014 12:55:13 PM EDT, Dimitar Milkov wrote: >How i can set hidden service on my rooted Android phone through Orbot? > >From the Orbot interface, i requested root access and successfully >granted the application with it. > >I have kWS server running locally, and i can access what

[tor-talk] Better testing through filternets

2014-09-02 Thread Nathan Freitas
I am working on improving our ability to do more thorough and standardized testing of Orbot, etc. As part of this, I am trying to come up with a simple filternet configuration based on OpenWRT, running on a TP Link MR3020. Currently, I have this working: - Use Dnsmasq to block high profile targe

Re: [tor-talk] (FWD) ISC Update: StoryMaker

2014-08-01 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 08/02/2014 01:22 AM, Roger Dingledine wrote: > An interesting-sounding success story of Tor in action -- and so well > integrated that people barely even mention Tor. :) It is all my fault! I think every app would love to have a standard, easy way to include a "powered by Tor" or "works with

[tor-talk] Fwd: [guardian-dev] Orbot 14.0.5 Release Candidate 1

2014-07-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - Forwarded Message Subject: [guardian-dev] Orbot 14.0.5 Release Candidate 1 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 22:06:13 -0400 From: Nathan of Guardian Organization: The Guardian Project To: guardian-...@lists.mayfirst.org The latest Orbot

Re: [tor-talk] Android app: Torrific (renamed to orWall)

2014-07-28 Thread Nathan Freitas
On 07/28/2014 12:41 AM, CJ wrote: So, orWall. So be it. Welcome, little one:). orBot welcomes you! Just returning from an offline vacation and happy to see this thread and news. I would be more than happy to direct Orbot users who want this functionality to your app, once its stabilizes,

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