Comments on: Anonymous Android Browsing http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/ Android Phone News, Rumors, Reviews, Apps, Forums & More! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:46:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: sammy http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-91539 sammy Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:04:29 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-91539 How about incognito calling? I found an app on the market called exactly that. Downloaded and gave it a try. And what do you know? It works. Now I can surf the web anonymously and then call people I meet online anonymously too. sly :) How about incognito calling? I found an app on the market called exactly that. Downloaded and gave it a try. And what do you know? It works. Now I can surf the web anonymously and then call people I meet online anonymously too. sly :)

]]> By: Sizzler http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-46535 Sizzler Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:00:27 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-46535 So now you browse all the adult sites that heart desires without your significant other ever accidentley stumbling across your weird fetishes. Sign me up! So now you browse all the adult sites that heart desires without your significant other ever accidentley stumbling across your weird fetishes. Sign me up!

]]> By: James http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-46534 James Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:42:57 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-46534 I agree with commenter 3 (Rob). Chrome's Incognito mode has nothing to do with Tor, and neither has much to do with making secure purchases from your browser or phone. Incognito mode lets you browse without leaving information on your computer that other people can find. Tor prevents the site you are visiting from knowing who you are, and also prevents you from being eavesdropped on by third parties. On the other hand when you make an online purchase, the site you are visiting has to know who you are to verify your method of payment, so Tor is overkill: it just needs a secure connection (https) to hide your credit card information from interception. Android's browser already supports this. The original MobileCrunch article author seemed to understand the point of this, even if Rob Jackson doesn't. I agree with commenter 3 (Rob). Chrome’s Incognito mode has nothing to do with Tor, and neither has much to do with making secure purchases from your browser or phone. Incognito mode lets you browse without leaving information on your computer that other people can find. Tor prevents the site you are visiting from knowing who you are, and also prevents you from being eavesdropped on by third parties. On the other hand when you make an online purchase, the site you are visiting has to know who you are to verify your method of payment, so Tor is overkill: it just needs a secure connection (https) to hide your credit card information from interception. Android’s browser already supports this.

The original MobileCrunch article author seemed to understand the point of this, even if Rob Jackson doesn’t.

]]> By: Rob http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-46506 Rob Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:53 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-46506 tor and chrome's incognito mode do two very different things. according to google incognito mode means no cookies or browsing history is left on end device (PC) after the session is ended. tor is used to hide where you are going online from anyone monitoring the network traffic. it does this by routing through a series of anonymous proxies. tor and chrome’s incognito mode do two very different things.

according to google incognito mode means no cookies or browsing history is left on end device (PC) after the session is ended.

tor is used to hide where you are going online from anyone monitoring the network traffic. it does this by routing through a series of anonymous proxies.

]]> By: Craig Gunderson http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-46488 Craig Gunderson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:27:09 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-46488 I've used the Tor network for normal PC browsing from work and it can be very slow. It definitely works, but I'm curious to know how that might perform on a mobile device. I would encourage anyone using a Tor-related set-up to read up on the network and consider contributing either money or bandwidth to it. I’ve used the Tor network for normal PC browsing from work and it can be very slow. It definitely works, but I’m curious to know how that might perform on a mobile device.

I would encourage anyone using a Tor-related set-up to read up on the network and consider contributing either money or bandwidth to it.

]]> By: Jiri http://phandroid.com/2009/09/15/anonymous-android-browsing/#comment-46486 Jiri Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:50:56 +0000 http://phandroid.com/?p=5358#comment-46486 Is it GPS or GPL? Is it GPS or GPL?

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