Using TOR on your Android Device

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:11:02 +0000

In my continuation of howto secure your phone habits while on the go, we have come to anonymizing your traffic. There are a few reasons to do this:

On a public internet network and have no access to a VPN
In a country that censors the internet (Hi China!)
You like to keep your identity somewhat off the grid for whatever reason

TOR was developed to allow for all of the above. Due to the open nature of Android and the user-base, it was quickly ported back in 2009. The Guardian Project leads the effort and has since provided 4 main components. Today I will be focusing on the Orbot (TOR+Proxy) and the Firefox extension to allow proxy usage. In addition you can use their Jabber client for anonymous and encrypted chatting. So lets get to setting things up! A few things you need to grab from market:

Orbot on

Using TOR on your Android Device