To elaborate a bit more: A well-behaved (from App Store's perspective) iOS application is prevented from launching a subprocess or interacting with another application -- so Onion Browser and some other apps hackishly get around that limitation by linking and running Tor as part of the app. Things are pretty strictly sandboxed (and apps in the background are not guaranteed to continue running), so every app that needs Tor needs to include it and handle it's own copy of Tor. (Aside: the subprocess restriction has also prevented the use of pluggable transports in the app for the time being. Something I'd love to work around -- i.e. not using "managed" mode -- but have yet to make an earnest attempt at.) In any case, I do continue to maintain the app wrt. security issues and Tor updates, but my main regret is that I haven't had the time to really refactor and redesign the app as I've wished. Best, Mike Tigas News Applications Developer, ProPublica http://www.propublica.org/ @mtigas | https://mike.tig.as/ | 0x6E0E9923 Nathan Freitas: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015, at 09:59 AM, Jeff Burdges wrote: >> >> On 15 Jan 2015, at 21:54, Nathan Freitas <nathan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On a related note, the latest ChatSecure on iOS includes Tor, as well, >>> for XMPP connections. >> >> I thought it needed an external Tor applicaiton, specifically the one by >> Mike mentioned? > > No, ChatSecure iOS has Tor built into it now, and we will be keeping it > up-to-date with RC/final releases and other critical updates. iOS > doesn't allow external background proxies in the way that Android does. >
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