I've pasted their response below, but the short answer was they told me to just save shortcuts manually from the desktop whenever the Tor Button is active. I contacted the Tor people, and they weren't sure what is going on. You can also see the GitHub project for a current list of known issues.Fred, all the other add-ons worked fine. The Tor Project maintains a small page of tips about staying anonymous while using Tor.Ī log of Onion Browser release notes, including previous security issues and results of previous security audits is available here. Users should also remain vigilant for any pop-ups asking for permission to access location data. Websites may use the HTML5 Geolocation API (to view your current GPS location) and other new HTML5 features unless 'Strict' security mode is set.

IOS has full control over some network traffic, which may result in this traffic (including audio or video embeds) routing via your normal connection and not over Tor. political dissent in repressive nations), this may be incriminating information in itself. If you use Onion Browser to log into websites that you normally access outside of the Tor network, the website may be able to identify you and know that you are using Tor. Please note that network traffic outside of Onion Browser is not protected and will continue to use your normal connection. Onion Browser only tunnels traffic within the Onion Browser app.

Due to this limitation, we are unable to compile and include our own web engine, based on Firefox Gecko, that other browsers, like Tor Browser on Desktop and Android, are allowed to do. Please remember the following.Īpple requires all web browser apps to use the same core web rendering ending, called UIWebKit or WKWebView. It simply provides a set of features that may enhance privacy and anonymity while browsing the web. Using Onion Browser does not guarantee security or privacy on its own.

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