Active •
Orbot: A
Tor client for Android. Tor uses
Onion Routing to provide access to network services that may be blocked, censored or monitored, while also protecting the identity of the user requesting those resources. Often Orbot is installed with orWall, an app which takes the lead on the
firewall and then add the required
iptables rules for
traffic shaping in order to allow Orbot traffic, and force the selected applications to be
redirected to the Orbot TransPort. Instead of Orbot, AFWall+, available on
F-Droid and
Google Play app repository, is an alternative choice recommended for
re-routing outbound traffic back through the local Tor port, even with iptables rules, and with a
virtual private network like
OpenVPN. Finally, NetCipher SDK is the app developed by Guardian Project for users interested in enabling theirs apps working directly with Orbot (and thus with Orfox Tor browser). •
ObscuraCam: A secure camera app that can obscure, encrypt or destroy pixels within an image. This project is in partnership with
WITNESS, a human rights video advocacy and training organization.
Discontinued •
Orfox: A mobile counterpart of the
Tor Browser. Guardian Project announced the stable alpha of
Orfox on 30 June 2015. Orfox is built from
Fennec (
Firefox for Android) code and the Tor Browser code repository, and is given security hardening patches by the Tor Browser development team. Some of the Orfox build work is based on the Fennec;
F-Droid project. In Orfox, the project removed the
WebRTC component,
Chromecast connectivity, app permissions to access the camera, microphone, contacts (address book), location data (GPS et al.), and NFC. Orfox was to supersede the Orweb browser project, •
Orweb: A privacy enhanced web browser that supports proxies. When used with Orbot, Orweb protects against network analysis, blocks cookies, keeps no local browsing history, and disables
Flash to keep the user safe. This was a public testbed of the Open Secure Telephony Network (OSTN) project, with the goal of promoting the use of free, open protocols, standards and software, to power end-to-end secure voice communications on mobile devices, as well as with desktop computers. •
ChatSecure: An instant messaging application integrated with the
Off-the-Record encrypted chat protocol. Formerly called Gibberbot, the app is built on Google's open-source Talk app and modified to support the Jabber
XMPP protocol. ==Distribution==