[guardian-dev] ORFOX -> Re: Orbot 1.2 (TorBrowser-6.5/Fennec45.4.0)

Nathan of Guardian nathan at guardianproject.info
Fri Sep 23 11:19:20 EDT 2016


Apologies, of course I mean ORFOX 1.2.

There will be an Orbot update soon, but not yet.

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016, at 11:13 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
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> This is a quick smoke test request to make sure every can upgrade from
> the existing/older version okay.
> 
> There are two primary known issues:
> - - Samsung Galaxy devices that have port 9050 conflict may still cause
> Orfox and Orbot to not connect
> - - HTTPS Everywhere add-on may not be automatically installed (See
> "Install" shortcut on the Orfox homescreen)
> 
> Otherwise, enjoy and let me know how it goes. Planning to push this out
> to Google Play and F-Droid soon.
> 
> BIG THANKS to Amogh, our Orfox lead developer and multi-GSoC student,
> for all of his hard work over the last summer on this. Also, incredible
> praise to the persistent, diligent Tor Browser team for the insane
> amount of work it takes to maintain this beast and deal with the very
> real adversaries they are facing constantly.
> 
> ****
> 
> Orbot 1.2 (TorBrowser-6.5/Fennec45.4.0) is now posted here:
> https://github.com/guardianproject/Orfox/releases/tag/Fennec-45.4.0esr%2FTorBrowser-6.5-1%2FOrfox-1.2
> 
> Primarily this release is the first in a long while after improving our
> ability to stay up-to-date with core Tor Browser development. In
> addition, as Mozilla adds more and more features to the core Firefox, we
> must review them for any issues related to increased permission request,
> access to data, and privacy and network leaks. This is a slow, tedious
> job, so thank you for your patience. We expect to have more frequent,
> regular releases moving forward.
> 
> Orfox specific highlights include
> 
> improved integration with Orbot
> removal of more unnecessary Android permissions / features (chromecast,
> account access)
> new icon!
> Updates to the core Tor Browser can be reviewed here:
> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-65a3-hardened-released
> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-605-released
> 
> Downloads
> 33.6 MBOrfox-1.2-TorBrowser-6.5-Fennec45.4.0.apk
> https://github.com/guardianproject/Orfox/releases/download/Fennec-45.4.0esr%2FTorBrowser-6.5-1%2FOrfox-1.2/Orfox-1.2-TorBrowser-6.5-Fennec45.4.0.apk
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> 819 BytesOrfox-1.2-TorBrowser-6.5-Fennec45.4.0.apk.asc
> https://github.com/guardianproject/Orfox/releases/download/Fennec-45.4.0esr%2FTorBrowser-6.5-1%2FOrfox-1.2/Orfox-1.2-TorBrowser-6.5-Fennec45.4.0.apk.asc
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>   Nathan of Guardian
>   nathan at guardianproject.info
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