New iOS 9 Features Mean System-Wide Tor Is In the Works For the First Time (dailydot.com) 34
Patrick O'Neill writes: At a time when privacy and encryption on mobile devices are the subject of political storm, last month's iOS 9 release means that Apple devices will finally get what Android has had for years: System-wide Tor anonymity. A handful of security experts recently set to work on projects to bring more powerful anonymity to iOS. “There are a bunch of pieces in the works,” Tor developer and Guardian Project leader Nathan Freitas told the Daily Dot. “We just started to work on it and think about it. Tor knows we can’t ignore all the iOS 9 users in the world.”
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But what does the fox say?
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"Tor is for cows."
You should take your medication for mad cow disease.
I did a double take (Score:3)
I thought this was a new OS 9 feature.
I think that means I am officially old. Welp.
Hello Slashdot, I'll be here for another 15 years...
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Hello Slashdot, I'll be here for another 15 years...
Deities or nature willing, depending on your beliefs :-)
Re:I did a double takef (Score:2)
I think parent company Dice plays a large role in this overall still, unfortunately :(
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Well, the summary could have been more informative...
Android has ... anonymity ?! (Score:4, Informative)
Bwahahahahaha
You are holding a Google tracking device and you think you have anonymity?
Bwahahahahaha
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Quiet, infidel! Thou dost not speak ill of the Annointed System!
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iOS user != Tor user (Score:2, Redundant)
Ahh, the hubris of people who think that THEIR project is so important. Only a small minority of iOS users even know what TOR is and only infinitesimal percentage of iOS wants it on their devices.
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Sign in you puling coward...
Tor already exists as a browser for those that want it but given how few downloads the tor browsers have & that this covers just about every use of tor, I'm sticking to my conclusion that only an infinitesimal number of iOS users want to route all their traffic through tor.
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Ahh, the hubris of people who think that THEIR project is so important. Only a small minority of iOS users even know what TOR is and only infinitesimal percentage of iOS wants it on their devices.
Speak for yourself, infidel!
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Sorry, I don't worship at the church of TOR.
Given the minuscule number of downloads of TOR browsers which cover 99% the needs that most people have for TOR, it's safe to say that those who want TOR for all their traffic are few in number. I'll add to that that people who truly care for their security will use a TOR browser anyway because routing all iOS traffic through TOR only makes the user more visible as there will be cookies & other identifiable info being routed through both TOR & in the clear
System-wide Tor anonymity? (Score:2)
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iOS has had it for years too, if you knew how to create a VPN config.
Now you don't have to, because they are allowing apps that can provision a VPN profile. /twirlfinger
not really iOS9 feature.. (Score:1)
Yeah, so this is just an app, it's not exactly built into iOS9. Also, what happens when joe-shchmo installs this and realizes it makes their browsing a whole lot slower, tells all of their friends it sucks and no one uses it. People are better off with a strong VPN client anyway.
Really??? (Score:1)
Is it a feature, or a BUG that apple just stumbled over and decided to develop with some 3rd party outfit, since clearly Apple cant get its self out of a paperbag, for example..
They are turning to Cisco to make their computers compatible in the enterprise..
SO, With all of apples money, resources, pull, and bastardness really they couldn't pull it off.
they have to rely on a 3rd party which will blunderfuck it as well, in keeping with apple's rich tradition of testicle advancement..
Here is a new box, Shiny,,
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Once you're on the tablets, you have to keep taking them.