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Tor Phone refers to a [[smartphone]] set to route internet connections through Tor network, for example using the [[Orbot]] application and Android [[Virtual private network|VPN]] settings,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tor Mobile {{!}} Tor Project {{!}} Support|url=https://support.torproject.org/tormobile/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=support.torproject.org}}</ref> although according to developer Mike Perry in 2016, Android's VPN APIs were not secure and could leak data at boot, which affects Orbot too.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-08|title=How to anonymize all of your apps on Android|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-android-apps-orbot-orwall-orweb/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}</ref> The prototype Tor Phone was based on [[CopperheadOS]], which added additional security features.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sabarinath|date=2016-11-26|title=Tor Phone — Super Private And Secure Version Of Android By Tor Project|url=https://techlog360.com/tor-phone-by-tor-project/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=TechLog360|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-29|title=The Tor Phone prototype: a truly private smartphone?|url=https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/11/29/the-tor-phone-prototype-a-truly-private-smartphone/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Naked Security|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Ars|date=2016-11-22|title=Tor phone is antidote to Google "hostility" over Android, says developer|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/tor-phone-prototype-google-hostility-android-open-source/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-25|title=Tor Phone Is The "Super-secure Version Of Android", Developed By Tor Project|url=https://fossbytes.com/tor-phone-secure-android-copperhead/|access-date=2021-02-14|website=Fossbytes|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2014 a mobile version of [[Tails (operating system)|TAILS operating system]] was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |last=protected |first=email |date=2014-02-27 |title=Tor is building an anonymous smartphone OS |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tor-anonymous-os-tails-freitas/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=protected |first=email |date=2014-03-03 |title=All the details on Tor's new mobile OS |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tor-anonymous-mobile-os-tails/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2018 Louis Adam of ZDNet France discussed new official support of [[Tor Project]] for Tor services on Android phones, including
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