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What are your thoughts on Invizible pro ? (f-droid.org)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The app seems fairly small in size compared to orbot which is really old and also invizible pro seems to do a ton of things that including firewall vpn etc . So does it connect to tor network properly and pass all your traffic through it as good as orbot and completely block internet acces to not whitelisted services as good as rethink do ? Or does it cut cornors and do all the things but do all of them horribly ? Is it audited or atleast watched by enough people to be secure ? Anyway share your thoughts .

I think if the app does everything it boasts to do perfectly its one in a kind and unmatched and probably would make any android really really safe but i'm really skeptical . I have tried it out a month ago but ditched it after reading that its firewall does not work that well but idk if that is true or not anyway share your thoughts .

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Haven't heard Orbot mentioned in ages, people use Tor browser now https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.torbrowser_alpha

Though oddly, it's missing from F-Droid for me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

i use orbot for a couple of apps.

Tor browser cannot replace orbot

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

You have to enable the guardian project repo.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah i know of tor browser but that's just it a browser it can't pass all traffic through tor . And the browser and orbot was removed from fdroid recently due to having proprietary blobs but they are working on a fix which will hopefull soon get them back untill then if you really want to use those add guardian projects official repo into your fdroid client .

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh shit, what were the proprietary blobs for? Got a link where I can read up about it by any chance?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I read it from artictles of fdroid and guardian can't find them atm but if anyone got it do post it here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Go to the settings of your F-Droid app
Enable the Guardian Project repository
Wait till it has updated the repo info
Install OrBot

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

What ? I just told the guy who asked the same thing I think you commented on the wrong comment .