Tor on mobile operating systems
Abstract: We should produce tor binaries and libraries for mobile platforms (android, ios, windows mobile) on which the rest of the world can build, extend, and enhance.
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Nathan summarized Orbot, Tor’s mobile app
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Android 75% of smartphone market (needs citation)
- works and works fine
- Orbot has 2 million downloads
- 500,000 active users (based on google play tracking installed base)
- Nathan seeks 10m users on Android not 2m
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Nokia
- 8% of smartphone market (needs citation)
- Windows phone
- was working but their OSes have died form mainstream
- Linux basis made it easy to port
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Apple
- 17% of smartphone market, but includes upscale users
- the big gorilla
- Tor on iOS, was basically a command line utility
- Requires a jailbroken iOS phone
- The TorBorwser app has emerged from
- On iOS we have OnionBorwser
- Has not been accepted by Tor
- On iOS Onionbrowser can only have one app open at a time
- ChatSecureiOS - chat app that opens up
- When you switch between applications
- ChatSecureiOS
- Nathan plans to add VoIP to ChatSecure to make it an always awake app
- Nathan has built the NY State legislative app - they wanted more maps. Nathan provides this as an example of how arbitrary Apple app acceptance can be.
- Onion Browser works- does not provide anonymity, but provides censorship defense
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Blackberry
- Maybe not a player anymore
- Has an android simulator
- Orchid
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Jollaphone
- Nokia making a cool new app
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Ubuntu Touch
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FirefoxOS
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China Status
- Orbot supports obfs2 which does not work in China
- Bridge distribution: Nathan would like to do better bridge pushes
- Bridge pushes can be difficult in mobile
- Also getting Orbot into stores that are available in China