On Thu, Nov 21 2013, anonymous coward wrote: > Hello, > > I consider to use Orbot on my Android 4.x device. I have some questions > about Orbot. > > How mature is Orbot? Is it generally safe to use? > > How does it work technically, is it a kind of proxy app or does it work > like a VPN software? > > When you start Orbot on a Droid, do all network applications > automagically use Orbot or do you need to configure proxy settings > within your apps? > > In other words, do Android apps need to have proxy settings in order to > make use of Orbot? I don't know about maturity or safety, but it's a proxy, and you must configure apps to use it. It does not secure communications automatically. -- Sean Richard Lynch <seanl@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.literati.org/~seanl/
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