Core Apps » Orfox Private Browser

The firefox app had multiple classes in the java layer where network code was used in the Java layer.

1. mobile/android/base/favicons/LoadFaviconTask used apache.net.http.* and org.apache.http.*, this was migrated to the ch.boye library and Proxy has been applied to that connection.
2. mobile/android/base/sync/net/BaseResource.java uses the ch.boye library but without proxy, this has been updated to use the tor proxy.
3. Next finding was that the java.net.HttpURLConnection objects were not obeying the proxy rules either and all these calls have been modified to use the tor proxy. List of files modified in this manner:
• mobile/android/base/CrashReporter.java
• mobile/android/base/SuggestClient.java
• mobile/android/base/distribution/Distribution.java
• mobile/android/search/java/org/mozilla/search/providers/SearchEngineManager.java
• mobile/android/stumbler/java/org/mozilla/mozstumbler/service/utils/AbstractCommunicator.java

Old apk https://dev.guardianproject.info/attachments/download/1647/fennec-38.0.en-US.android-arm.apk

New apk https://dev.guardianproject.info/attachments/download/1677/fennec-38.0.en-US.android-arm.apk

The proxy rules being followed by Searcan be easily tested using the following steps.
Install the old app with noRootFirewall pre installed.
https://dev.guardianproject.info/attachments/download/1675/Screenshot_2015-06-13-04-42-41.png image
Click Yes in the would you like to turn on search suggestions part
At this point, the noRootFirewall app will see a request from Fennec amoghbl1
https://dev.guardianproject.info/attachments/download/1676/Screenshot_2015-06-13-04-43-01.png image
Uninstall and reinstall the new app.
Follow the same procedure described above and click yes, but this time the suggestions load and no requests are seen on noRootFirewall

Another fun fact, the new version also strips out native video casting support and things like that, so it's about 3mb smaller!