If you’re worried about the websites that you visit because of the following ads, then here is the good news for you. The Tor web browser Android version officially lands on Play store as alpha.
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Tor Browser of Android delivers a private Web browsing experience. Tor browser that lets you access the internet anonymously without being tracked, so the ads won’t be able to follow you.
The User Interface of the Tor Android browser is similar to Firefox for Android. Tor has a dedicated bookmark tab and the browser shows articles, videos, and web pages that you’ve visited or bookmarked before. Further, it comes with incognito tab and you can also access different sites in multiple tabs. Moreover, the Tor browser has a unique feature of the guest session that hides all your browsing history and bookmarks. You can also include new add-ons to the Tor browser from the official Mozilla site.
Some Features of Tor Browser for Android-
- Block Trackers
Tor Browser isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers and ads can’t follow you. Any cookies automatically clear when you’re done browsing.
- Defend Against Surveillance
Tor Browser prevents someone watching your connection from knowing what websites you visit. All anyone monitoring your browsing habits can see is that you’re using Tor.
- Resist Fingerprinting
Tor aims to make all users look the same, making it difficult for you to be fingerprinted based on your browser and device information.
- Multi-Layered Encryption
When you use Tor Browser for Android, your traffic is relayed and encrypted three times as it passes over the Tor network. The network is comprised of thousands of volunteer-run servers known as Tor relays. Watch this animation to learn more about how it works:
- Browse Freely
With Tor Browser for Android, you are free to access sites your local internet service provider may have blocked.
If you’re trying the Alpha version of Tor browser on your phone, then you may face some bugs and additionally, you need to install an app called Orbot to connect the alpha release to the Tor network. This is expected to change next year: “For the upcoming Tor Browser for Android stable release, our goal is for Orbot not to be necessary to connect to Tor,” the Tor group states.
Download the Tor browser Alpha for Android from here