Anonymous Web Surfing with Android

The Cambridge University Digital Technology Group (DTG) has released an Android application that allows users of this platform to anonymously surf the net using The Onion Router, which is often simply called TOR. This is a free program designed to provide users with anonymous surfing. This program works on the basis of peer2peer technology, which means that using a connection through a distributed network of servers supported by enthusiasts from around the world prevents sites from determining the user's physical position.

This program - the result of the summer project DTG - consists of two parts: TorProxy and Shadow. TorProxy is a Tor client that can be used by various Android applications to connect to the TOR network. Since Android’s built-in browser cannot be directly configured to use TorProxy, Shadow is designed for this purpose, allowing users to surf the Web anonymously using a mobile device.

More details about the program, including download links and installation information, are available on the DTG page on TorProxy and Shadow. TorProxy and Shadow are released under the GPLv2 license.

Jacob Appelbaum, one of the active participants in the Tor project, said that he doubts the reliability of TorProxy and believes that the programs are “not yet ready for full-fledged use”. The Onion Coffee Project, which Appelbaum said was the basis for the TorProxy code, was a research project and was not supported for some time. He believes that the most significant errors Onion Coffee has adopted TorProxy.
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This situation is not very easy to fix. Appelbaum says: "Writing a secure Tor client is a pretty daring challenge." He also considers this situation a threat to anonymity and suggests that using a direct port with C looks like a more promising project.

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