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Fake Tor browser for iOS laced with adware, spyware, members warn

Posted on March 19, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports:

Members of the Tor anonymity service are warning that a Tor iOS app available in Apple’s highly curated App Store since November is a fake that is laced with adware and spyware.

“Tor Browser in the Apple App Store is fake,” a report ticket published two months ago on the Tor website by high-ranking volunteer Phobos stated. “It’s full of adware and spyware. Two users have called to complain. We should have it removed.”

The ticket went on to say that Tor officials notified Apple of the fake Tor Browser app app in December. In the intervening time, the app has remained available, touching off a series of exchanges among Tor members about how to respond.

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