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Onion Browser needs a more explicit warning about leaks #2929

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SkewedZeppelin opened this issue Mar 6, 2025 · 2 comments · Fixed by #2934
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Onion Browser needs a more explicit warning about leaks #2929

SkewedZeppelin opened this issue Mar 6, 2025 · 2 comments · Fixed by #2934
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SkewedZeppelin commented Mar 6, 2025 •
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https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tor/#onion-browser-ios

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Current wording is

does not provide the same levels of privacy protections

needs to be adjusted to be more clear about the inherent leaks due to limitations of iOS.

The latest available (3.1.5) also has an issue where data is not cleared on close, although this one will be fixed in the next update (3.2.0). Presumably currently stuck waiting for approval from Apple.

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OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser#509
OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser#508

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I will note this, but I see a commit was added regarding this too: OnionBrowser/OnionBrowser@2c69832

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that commit fixed additional leaks, but those are irrespective of the fundamental leaks mentioned on their faq:

When using the built-in Tor, you will unfortunately leak your real IP address to websites via WebRTC. Also, audio and video streams cannot be tunneled through Tor.

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update: Note iOS limitations wrt Onion Browser privacyguides/privacyguides.org
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