#29800: Using Tor in the UAE --------------------------------------+----------------------------------- Reporter: mwolfe | Owner: tbb-team Type: defect | Status: needs_information Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: tbb-mobile | Actual Points: Parent ID: | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Comment (by mwolfe): Replying to [comment:4 sysrqb]: > mwolfe, do you have any more information for this? Can you provide any logs from Tor showing where the error/failure occurs? Do you have Tor Browser on a desktop or laptop (and does that work)? > > In addition, can you provide more information about which apps you used on the Android phone? You said you installed Tor for Android. Did you install Orbot or Tor Browser? Which configurations did you try? Basically, WeChat (what the Chinese use instead of Skype) is blocked in the UAE. Skype is also blocked. On my Windows computer, I use a VPN to Skype, since Tor does not support Skype. I tried Orbot, which is supposed to route everything around the blocks, but it didn't work. WeChat just didn't connect. No error message, I just could not connect. I tried to log in to the WeChat site (which must be accessed by Android, though they prefer iOS) on my Windows or Mac computer using Tor, I can try to log in, but it just gives me a QR code (that says it only works with an iPhone). So I tried to log in to WeChat from Android with Tor, but could not connect. It might be that WeChat blocks all Tor exit nodes (I've found many sites that use a Firewall that has all or almost all Tor exit nodes blocked, and many with a Captcha that only happens with Tor and is set to be very hard to get past. So sorry, no error logs, I just could not connect to WeChat and create an account on my Nokia 6.1 Plus phone. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/29800#comment:5> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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