Onion Browser On Ubuntu Touch

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The Onion Browser is now available for download in the OpenStore for whichever version of Ubuntu Touch you are using. We're sure many of you have been waiting for this so have fun.
https://open-store.io/app/onion.nanuc.org

Important Edit: Please note this is a first version, proof of concept only and some security features are not yet implemented, such as
moderate adblocking, resistance to canvas fingerprinting, obfuscating the UserAgent headers sent, etc. feel free to use on sites you trust but avoid dark web sites etc.

A Former User

This is a hugely important app for an OS that prides itself on privacy. Sincere thanks for it.

domubpkm

@lduboeuf for information, did you notice that your pulldownmenus improvement system isn't incorporated in the first onion version (dev channel) ? i saw that.

In fact, i think probably normal because onion is partly a morph clone and the improvement on pulldownmenus is recent.

lduboeuf

@domubpkm you're right. Onion comes from a fork that doesn't include pulldown feature, maybe you can fill an issue for maintainers, to let them sync with Morph

kugiigi

@lduboeuf I think the fix for the dropdown should be implemented in a way that all those that uses Morph.Web will have it by default. Currently only the morph browser and standard webapp containers have it.

lduboeuf

@kugiigi i asked before if this feature should be enabled by default, and the decision was to opt in to enable it ( setting a property to true ). But the fact that we need to also to add a check in onJavascriptDialogRequest make sense to not enable it by default:
https://github.com/ubports/morph-browser/blob/xenial/src/app/WebViewImpl.qml#L92

kugiigi

@lduboeuf I see. In my opinion though is that it should be opt out since there's a critical issue that this fixes and you can't expect every app to be updated for this. Anyway, this is off topic on this thread

domubpkm

@lduboeuf In fact, @nanu-c most likely thought about it knowing that morph-browser can only get better and better.

nanu-c

Actually Onion Browser is a full clone of Morph browser and when morph improves it has to be merged anyway

kugiigi

@nanu-c not that I don't appreciate this app but isn't it possible to simply have a tor mode in the morph browser and upstream your work?

domubpkm

Hi @nanu-c
For your information, if you go forward in your work : @mateo_salta found an idea that maybe could useful for you also, to solve WebRTC leaks : see
https://github.com/ubports/morph-browser/issues/257