Gregory's ServerQuestion... How does Tor work on #iOS? Is every app responsible for implementing it separately? Asking because Mastodon for iOS got a 1-star review for someone because they couldn't login to an .onion address server and I'm not entirely sure what to think of that.
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  @Gargron Generally, yes, each has to do it itself, if you want it all done on-device (as opposed to setting up a WiFi gateway or the like). @Gargron Not that I’ve seen. The only things I’ve seen do it is explicit “TOR apps” or “onion browsers”. Certainly not in the various Mastodon clients I’ve tried. It seems like a weird thing to give a 1-star review for, and I’d shrug it off if I were in your place. |
@Gargron I think user should have a VPN or proxy that connects to Tor network for reach .onion domains with iOS (if app doesn't including extra validation for domains). technically every app can implement Tor daemon separately, but it is really rare.
but many .onion websites are only using HTTP, and plain HTTP requests are blocked by default on iOS by App Transport Security. If you want to connect plain HTTP mastodon servers on your app, you should change ATS settings to allow HTTP requests.