“Mobile browsing is on the rise around the world, and in some parts, it is commonly the only way people access the internet,” the organization said in a blog post. Mobile web browsing surpassed desktop browsing a few years ago, and this trajectory will only continue - so it makes sense that the Tor Project is pushing its own official Android browser into the wild. As a result, companies have been doubling down on their efforts to position themselves as privacy-focused - for example, Mozilla launched a Facebook Container add-on for Firefox to stop Facebook from tracking the rest of your online browsing activity, while the likes of ProtonMail have been continuing to build a range of privacy-focused apps, including email and VPNs. There has been a growing awareness of the value of privacy in the wake of frequent online chicanery, including the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal. The Tor Project had also been working on an encrypted messaging app since 2014, though this never graduated beyond beta and was wound down in April. This launch comes just a few days after the main Tor Browser desktop client was updated with a bunch of new features, including improved language support, a new onboarding experience that better explains the benefits of Tor, and an easier way to bypass censorship via a “bridge” configuration.
In addition to being encrypted and anonymized, as you would expect from a Tor browser, the Android app features tracker-blocking tools that isolate each website you visit to stop advertisers from following you, while cookies are cleared automatically once your session is over.įor now, you will have to use the Tor Project’s official proxy app, Orbot, in conjunction with the Tor Browser Android app - however, plans are afoot to make the Tor Browser a self-contained entity that works without requiring a proxy to connect to the Tor network.
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