Onion Browser (iOS Tor web browser, open source) now available in the App Store

Very cool - just bought.<p>One confusing thing I found is that, when I typed in "onion browser" into my iPhone's App Store Search field, three results came back. I found myself not really know which one was truly yours (yours was actually #2 search result). It would have been helpful if, in the screenshots on this page, you showed the logo. The logo is shown in the App Store so that would've made it a slam dunk, easy decision.

Just a heads up: Tormail.net (in the last screenshot) is now Tormail.org. Whoever runs the service was apparently foolish enough to transfer their non-Tor domain to a Russian registrar. It's disappointing that someone who claims to care about privacy doesn't check RSF's press freedom index before choosing a country to register their domain in.<p><a href="https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/tormail-net-has-moved/" rel="nofollow">https://opusmagnus.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/tormail-net-has-...</a>

Just bought it and it works very well. And it's open source, which is refreshing for an app store app.

I bought it right away (I could've built it myself, but didn't feel like opening Xcode). It doesn't work unfortunately (I'm in Iran).

For people trying to build, just a few things to know:<p>I had to install ccache before libssl would compile. Make sure you build libssl before libevent. In the icons folder is a install script to download the icons.<p>Otherwise compiles well. The anonymity of the .onion sites scares me. I have a very strong suspicion that one day SSL (i.e. symmetric encryption with no backdoor) will be illegal in many countries.

Not very sure if this is by design/expected, but capturing packets from a freshly booted iPad seems to indicate that the browser leaks DNS queries and HTTP GET requests when visiting YouTube through this browser. I am transmitting outside the tunnel<p>1) DNS query to YouTube cache server 2) GET request to Google's servers for /videoplayback<p>This seems isolated to the QuickTime player only. No other DNS queries or traffic appears to be visible. I suggest you warn users that video playback does not go through the tunnel.

Wow I'm a little surprised Apple let this one through! Looks neat!

Anyone else trying to build it? Getting an error from the build-libssh.sh after openssl-1.0.1.tar.gz is downloaded:<p>tar: Code/iOS-OnionBrowser/build/src: Not found in archive

Is it compatible with Apple's policies? I thought they don't allow open source apps in the appstore. Or is that only for the GPL license?

For people with Android phones, check out Orbot - <a href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/" rel="nofollow">https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/</a> - It's Tor for Android. It's an incredibly well polished app. If you have root, it will let you individually and transparently torify <i>any</i> app. If you don't have root, individual app will need to support socks proxies in order to go through Tor.<p>It supports bridges, and it will even let you run a relay and/or hidden service directly from your phone.<p>I've had this idea for a while now of building an SMS-like app that runs entirely over hidden services for users with Orbot installed. If I send you a message this way, nobody knows that you received one, that I sent one, or what the message contained, and it wouldn't require me to set up any server infrastructure as it would be entirely peer to peer over Tor.

What's the speed like? Tor on my laptop ranges from slow to unusable; I assume the same is true of the iOS app?

Somewhat slow here in Aus using Telstra 3G, 45 seconds to connect to TOR network and about 7-12 seconds to return search results form DDG. Good app though and am looking forward to browsing in privacy, thanks.

Hey, thanks! I like having this on an "appliance-like" device like the iPad because the app is necessarily self-contained and I don't have to worry about it making system-level changes or unwanted interactions with other software.

Only available in the US, too bad.