The process took a bit of time but that was in order to provide a truly secure experience. Once a successful connection is made, the button becomes green. Clicking the button initiates a connection to the TOR network. This is of course to hint that the app is powered by TOR. Once the app opens, I was greeted by a button which looked like a large onion. Just swipe till you get to the last screen.Īs I said, using Orbot is rather easy. Setting up and using Orbot Setting up Orbot is quite easy. Once I swiped through the initial feature description, I was ready to browse the web securely. The walkthrough of setting up the app is relatively easy. In addition to being a proxy app, Orbot also has a built-in VPN functionality. Powered by TOR, Orbot is a proxy app that lets other apps browse the internet freely and securely.
If you are unfamiliar with TOR (The Onion Router), you can read up on it here. It uses TOR to encrypt all internet traffic on a device and then hides this traffic by bouncing it off a collection of computers across the world. Rather, it’s a proxy app that enables other apps to use the internet more securely. The first thing I found out about Orbot is that it’s not a VPN app.
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