Howto: Using Orweb for Anonymous Browsing

Orbot is a plugin that allows mobile phone users to access the internet anonymously. It is the mobile version of Tor, a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet.

This tutorial shows how to use Orweb to browse the web using the Orbot plugin and explains how to turn on bridges and obfsproxy options in case Tor is blocked in your area.

For more updated information, please visit:
https://guardianproject.info/apps/orbot/
https://www.torproject.org/

Hello Guardians.
Today we're going to go over setting

up Tor on a non-rooted android with Orbot.
First things first. We're going to go to either

the F-droid repository or go to the google
play store and search for Orbot. You can see

right there orbot tor on android and we're
going to do a quick install. Right here you

can see users also installed our sister app,
to Orbot, Orweb, which is the way to browse

the internet through Tor in the browser. So
we're going to go ahead and install tat as

well. and wait for those guys to download.
So we can see those are installing right now.

we have a little Orbot pulled up. We can now
choose the language. I'm going to choose english

for the English speaking crowd here. It goes
through some of our warnings and instructions.

We try to be explicit about which permissions
we're going to be accessing just so that everybody

is comfortable with the tool. If you do have
a rooted phone, it does allow for additional

permissions that you don't have here. You
can see a list of Orbot enabled apps. All

of these tools you can actually plug in Orbot's
proxy settings to use those tools through

Tor. So now Orbot is ready. We're going to
finish.

Now this is Orbot in

its dormant mode. You just click and hold
and you can see Orbot starting up. It's bootstrapping,

looking for all the proper Tor connections.
It goes from a nice little grey, to a yellow

while it's loading and it should turn green
shortly. You can see the speeds now, this

has changed a little bit. The first time you've
connected it gives s a little instruction

on how to contact us directly. You can shoot
us a message at [e-mail].

And otherwise it says you've had success.
now, how do we double check that? Well we

go to our sister app Orweb and as soon as
you open up Orweb it'll go to check.torproject.org

which will actually notify you to say whether
or not you're using Tor. So, congrats you're

configured to use Tor. You'll see the nice
green. If there's an error it'll actually

say that you're not configured to use Tor
and that you're not using it so please be

mindful of this. You can also all the localization
so that it's in local languages as well. Now

we're going to pull orbot back up. For you
advanced users out there you might need to

tweak some of the settings, particularly if
you're in a place where Tor is blocked. You

can see some pretty detailed settings here.

And you might need

to actually use bridges. I want to walk through
how we can actually get those bridges. We're

going to out of here and go into another browser.
We're going to go into chrome. You can go

directly to bridges.torproject.org. we're
just going to click on there. and you can

see the ability to download some bridges after
you've solved the captcha. Click "I am human"

to prove it. You can see the bridge relays
right there. Now, if we actually need other

types of bridges, let's do that. Obfsproxy
is a pretty exciting new development. it hides

Tor in a creative new way that makes it look
like it's not Tor. it makes the traffic itself

look more like Skype and other kinds of traffic,
making it even harder to censor. you can actually

ask for this by clicking the obfsproxy option
and again solving the captcha, clicking

"i am human" and then we have our obfsproxy proxy bridge so we're going to highlight this, copy

that, go back into orbot, back into settings.
We can scroll down, click use bridges and

enter in the IP address of that bridge, go
back into orweb and you can see that we are

still connected and now using an obfsproxy
bridge.

I hope that was helpful

to all of you who want Tor on your phone and
for those of you who have Tor currently blocked

in your country but still want access through
your phone. If you have any other questions,

always feel free to reach out to us at [e-mail].
Alright, happy Tor-ing. Bye!