[tor-bugs] #24215 [Applications/Orbot]: Use Tor's built-in HTTP proxy instead of polipo. Remove Polipo from Orbot. Comment from other cypherpunks: current Orbot version does, but in about orbot popup it still reads polipo! but httptunnelport is bound

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#24215: Use Tor's built-in HTTP proxy instead of polipo. Remove Polipo from Orbot.
Comment from other cypherpunks: current Orbot version does, but in about
orbot popup it still reads polipo! but httptunnelport is bound
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks         |          Owner:  n8fr8
     Type:  task                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very High           |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Orbot  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal              |     Resolution:
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Comment (by eighthave):

 polipo needs to be put back into Orbot until someone figures out how to
 make apps work with HTTP CONNECT rather than the full HTTP proxy that
 polipo provides.  HTTP CONNECT creates a TCP tunnel over HTTP, so it works
 quite differently.  `curl` provides `--proxytunnel` to use HTTP CONNECT,
 for example.

 I propose putting polipo back in where it was, then setting up tor's
 built-in HTTP CONNECT proxy on a new port.

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