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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#Android">Tor on Android</a></h2>
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Tor is available for Android by installing our package named Orbot.
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Orbot is an application that allows mobile phone users to access the web,
instant messaging and email without being monitored or blocked by their mobile
internet service provider. Orbot brings the features and functionality of Tor
to the Android mobile operating system.
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Orbot contains Tor, libevent and privoxy. Orbot provides a local HTTP proxy
and the standard SOCKS4A/SOCKS5 proxy interfaces into the Tor network. Orbot
has the ability to transparently torify all of the TCP traffic on your Android
device when it has the correct permissions.
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#QrCode">Installing Tor with a QR code</a></h2>
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Orbot is easy to install by simply scanning the following QR code with your
Android Barcode scanner.
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<a href="../img/android/orbot-qr-code-latest.png">
<img border="0" alt="Android QR code"
src="../img/android/orbot-qr-code-latest.png"/>
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<h2><a class="anchor" href="#Market">Installing Tor from the Android Market</a></h2>
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Orbot is not currently in the Android Market. It will be available in the
market in the very near future.