Tor Browser arrives on Android | News and reviews

The Tor browser is now available on Android as an Alpha version.

"In the past year, we have been working to reach the growing number of mobile users around the world," the Tor Project said in a statement. tweetThus, the application brings the privacy protection of the desktop version to Android devices.

You can download the free app on Google Play or on the group's website. To protect your privacy, the browser channels your Internet traffic over a large network to servers managed by volunteers around the world. Doing this can anonymize your presence on the Internet by scrambling the details of your location and your IP address.

This is why journalists, activists and cyber criminals all use Tor. Technology can prevent governments from tracking people's online activity, allows people in restricted areas to go through censorship and makes it difficult for law enforcement officials to find people involved in more harmful activities. Advertisers will also have trouble discerning the features of a computer and thwarting efforts to track activities for advertising purposes.

Tor access on Android was previously available via another application called Orfox, A group of activists called the Guardian Project has been created. However, the Tor project said Orfox will be removed early next year when the Android version of the Tor browser should become a stable release.

To use the Tor browser for Android, you need to download an additional free application called Orbot, which allows you to connect to the Tor network. (Over time, developers are considering removing the need to download Orbot.)

PCMag has briefly tried the Android version and offers an experience similar to Tor for office. Expect connection speeds to be slow, as your Internet traffic now shifts from one server to another on the Tor network. Some websites, such as Yelp, that block Tor connections may also deny you access. Or they can give you a CAPTCHA test to prove that you are human.

On the other hand, you get more privacy than other products. You will also visit shady sites on the dark web. In addition, the browser has been designed to prevent third-party ad followers from following you from the website to the website.

If you are an iPhone user, you can check out the Onion browser, an iOS application based on Tor technology.