The Guardian Project is a global collective of software developers, designers, advocates, activists, and trainers who develop open-source mobile security software and operating system enhancements.[2] They also create customized mobile devices to help individuals communicate more freely and protect themselves from intrusion and monitoring. The effort specifically focuses on users who live or work in high-risk situations and who often face constant surveillance and intrusion attempts into their mobile devices and communication streams.
Founder Nathan Freitas speaking at the Unlike Us conference in 2013[3]
Guardian Project was founded by Nathan Freitas in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY.[4][5][6] Since it was founded, Guardian Project has developed more than a dozen mobile applications for Android and iOS with over two million downloads and hundreds of thousands of active users. It has also partnered with prominent open source software projects, activists groups, NGOs, commercial partners and news organizations to support their mobile security software capabilities.
In March 2016, Guardian Project announced a partnership with F-Droid and CopperheadOS with the goal of creating "a solution that can be verifiably trusted from the operating system, through the network and network services, all the way up to the app stores and apps themselves".[8][9]
Orbot: A Tor client for Android. Tor uses Onion Routing to provide access to network services that may be blocked, censored or monitored, while also protecting the identity of the user requesting those resources.[11] Often Orbot is installed with orWall,[12] an app which takes the lead on the firewall and then add the required iptables rules for traffic shaping in order to allow Orbot traffic, and force the selected applications to be redirected to the Orbot TransPort. Instead of Orbot, AFWall+, available on F-Droid and Google Play app repository, is an alternative choice recommended for re-routing outbound traffic back through the local Tor port, even with iptables rules,[13] and with a virtual private network like OpenVPN. Finally, NetCipher SDK is the app developed by Guardian Project for users interested in enabling theirs apps working directly with Orbot (and thus with Orfox Tor browser).[14]
ChatSecure: An instant messaging application integrated with the Off-the-Record encrypted chat protocol. Formerly called Gibberbot,[15] the app is built on Google's open-source Talk app and modified to support the Jabber XMPP protocol.[11]
ObscuraCam: A secure camera app that can obscure, encrypt or destroy pixels within an image. This project is in partnership with WITNESS, a human rights video advocacy and training organization.[11]
Haven – free and open-source Android security application designed to monitor activity happening around a device using its built-in sensors, and to alert the device owner of such activity. Co-developed with Edward Snowden under the auspices of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.[16]
Discontinuededit
Orfox: A mobile counterpart of the Tor Browser. Guardian Project announced the stable alpha of Orfox on 30 June 2015. Orfox is built from Fennec (Firefox for Android) code and the Tor Browser code repository, and is given security hardening patches by the Tor Browser development team. Some of the Orfox build work is based on the Fennec; F-Droid project.[17] In Orfox, the project removed the WebRTC component, Chromecast connectivity, app permissions to access the camera, microphone, contacts (address book), location data (GPS et al.), and NFC.[17][18] Orfox was to supersede the Orweb browser project,[17] and has in turn been superseded by the Tor Browser for Android.[19]
Orweb: A privacy enhanced web browser that supports proxies. When used with Orbot, Orweb protects against network analysis, blocks cookies, keeps no local browsing history, and disables Flash to keep the user safe.[11]
Ostel: A tool for having end-to-end encryptedVoIP calls.[20] This was a public testbed of the Open Secure Telephony Network (OSTN) project, with the goal of promoting the use of free, open protocols, standards and software, to power end-to-end secure voice communications on mobile devices, as well as with desktop computers.[11] This was discontinued in 2017.[21]
Distributionedit
Guardian Project offers downloads of its apps from Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Aptoide, directly from their website, and through an F-Droid-compatible repository.[11][22] Direct downloads are signed and can be verified with the developer's key.[23]
^ abcdefGuardian Project. "Secure Mobile Apps". GuardianProject.info. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 2018-09-03. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
^"No more "Root" features in Orbot... use Orfox & VPN instead! – Guardian Project". guardianproject.info. Retrieved 2018-10-03.
^Netcipher on github.com URL Retrieved March 22, 2018
^Nathan Freitas (24 October 2013). . GuardianProject.info. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
^"Snowden-Backed App 'Haven' Turns Your Phone into a Home Security System". Wired.
^ abcn8fr8 (2015-06-30). "Orfox: Aspiring to bring Tor Browser to Android". Guardian Project. Retrieved 2015-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Long, Jacob (2015-07-01). "Orfox Is Guardian Project's Latest App For Bringing The Tor Browser Experience To Android, First Alpha Release Is Available". Android Police. Illogical Robot LLC. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
^"Orfox Paved the Way for Tor Browser on Android". The Tor Project. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
^. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
^"Ostel.co is permanently offline". Guardian Project. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
^Hans-Christoph Steiner (30 June 2014). "New Official Guardian Project app repo for FDroid!". Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^"Signing Keys". Guardian Project. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
External linksedit
Official website
January 01, 1970
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The Guardian Project is a global collective of software developers designers advocates activists and trainers who develop open source mobile security software and operating system enhancements 2 They also create customized mobile devices to help individuals communicate more freely and protect themselves from intrusion and monitoring The effort specifically focuses on users who live or work in high risk situations and who often face constant surveillance and intrusion attempts into their mobile devices and communication streams Guardian ProjectMottoPeople Apps and Code You Can Trust 1 Commercial NoType of projectResearch and development Open source software Encryption software Mobile security Internet privacyFounderNathan FreitasEstablished2009 2009 Websiteguardianproject wbr info Contents 1 History 2 Funding 3 Projects 3 1 Active 3 2 Discontinued 4 Distribution 5 References 6 External linksHistory edit nbsp Founder Nathan Freitas speaking at the Unlike Us conference in 2013 3 Guardian Project was founded by Nathan Freitas in 2009 in Brooklyn NY 4 5 6 Since it was founded Guardian Project has developed more than a dozen mobile applications for Android and iOS with over two million downloads and hundreds of thousands of active users It has also partnered with prominent open source software projects activists groups NGOs commercial partners and news organizations to support their mobile security software capabilities In November 2014 ChatSecure Orbot received a top score on the Electronic Frontier Foundation s secure messaging scorecard along with Cryptocat TextSecure Signal RedPhone Silent Phone and Silent Text 7 Jitsi Ostel scored 6 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation s secure messaging scorecard They lost a point because there has not been a recent independent code audit 7 In March 2016 Guardian Project announced a partnership with F Droid and CopperheadOS with the goal of creating a solution that can be verifiably trusted from the operating system through the network and network services all the way up to the app stores and apps themselves 8 9 Funding editGuardian Project has received funding from Google UC Berkeley with the MacArthur Foundation Avaaz Internews Open Technology Fund WITNESS the Knight Foundation Benetech ISC Project and Free Press Unlimited 10 Through work on partner projects like the Tor Project Commotion mesh and StoryMaker the Project has received indirect funding both from the US State Department through the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor Internet Freedom program and from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through HIVOS Projects editActive edit nbsp Orbot Orbot A Tor client for Android Tor uses Onion Routing to provide access to network services that may be blocked censored or monitored while also protecting the identity of the user requesting those resources 11 Often Orbot is installed with orWall 12 an app which takes the lead on the firewall and then add the required iptables rules for traffic shaping in order to allow Orbot traffic and force the selected applications to be redirected to the Orbot TransPort Instead of Orbot AFWall available on F Droid and Google Play app repository is an alternative choice recommended for re routing outbound traffic back through the local Tor port even with iptables rules 13 and with a virtual private network like OpenVPN Finally NetCipher SDK is the app developed by Guardian Project for users interested in enabling theirs apps working directly with Orbot and thus with Orfox Tor browser 14 ChatSecure An instant messaging application integrated with the Off the Record encrypted chat protocol Formerly called Gibberbot 15 the app is built on Google s open source Talk app and modified to support the Jabber XMPP protocol 11 ObscuraCam A secure camera app that can obscure encrypt or destroy pixels within an image This project is in partnership with WITNESS a human rights video advocacy and training organization 11 Haven free and open source Android security application designed to monitor activity happening around a device using its built in sensors and to alert the device owner of such activity Co developed with Edward Snowden under the auspices of the Freedom of the Press Foundation 16 Discontinued edit Orfox A mobile counterpart of the Tor Browser Guardian Project announced the stable alpha of Orfox on 30 June 2015 Orfox is built from Fennec Firefox for Android code and the Tor Browser code repository and is given security hardening patches by the Tor Browser development team Some of the Orfox build work is based on the Fennec F Droid project 17 In Orfox the project removed the WebRTC component Chromecast connectivity app permissions to access the camera microphone contacts address book location data GPS et al and NFC 17 18 Orfox was to supersede the Orweb browser project 17 and has in turn been superseded by the Tor Browser for Android 19 Orweb A privacy enhanced web browser that supports proxies When used with Orbot Orweb protects against network analysis blocks cookies keeps no local browsing history and disables Flash to keep the user safe 11 Ostel A tool for having end to end encrypted VoIP calls 20 This was a public testbed of the Open Secure Telephony Network OSTN project with the goal of promoting the use of free open protocols standards and software to power end to end secure voice communications on mobile devices as well as with desktop computers 11 This was discontinued in 2017 21 Distribution editGuardian Project offers downloads of its apps from Google Play Amazon Appstore Aptoide directly from their website and through an F Droid compatible repository 11 22 Direct downloads are signed and can be verified with the developer s key 23 References edit About Guardian Project Thomas Lowenthal 19 April 2011 For paranoid Androids Guardian Project offers smartphone security ArsTechnica com Retrieved 15 May 2013 Unlike Us Nathan Freitas Checking In for the Greater Good Nathan Freitas Tweet on Twitter Nathan Freitas 20 March 2009 Nathan Freitas on Guardian YouTube com Retrieved 15 May 2013 NANCY SCOLA 31 March 2011 Guardian Project Building Mobile Security for a Dangerous World TechPresident com Archived from the original on 24 December 2012 Retrieved 15 May 2013 a b Secure Messaging Scorecard Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe Electronic Frontier Foundation 2014 11 04 Archived from the original on 2016 11 15 Retrieved 2015 01 14 Copperhead Guardian Project and F Droid Partner to Build Open Verifiably Secure Mobile Ecosystem Announcing CopperheadOS Crowdfunding Partners and Funding a b c d e f Guardian Project Secure Mobile Apps GuardianProject info Retrieved 15 July 2015 orWall Official Site Archived from the original on 2018 09 03 Retrieved 2018 03 22 No more Root features in Orbot use Orfox amp VPN instead Guardian Project guardianproject info Retrieved 2018 10 03 Netcipher on github com URL Retrieved March 22 2018 Nathan Freitas 24 October 2013 ChatSecure v12 Provides Comprehensive Mobile Security and a Whole New Look GuardianProject info Archived from the original on 7 September 2018 Retrieved 24 October 2013 Snowden Backed App Haven Turns Your Phone into a Home Security System Wired a b c n8fr8 2015 06 30 Orfox Aspiring to bring Tor Browser to Android Guardian Project Retrieved 2015 07 11 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Long Jacob 2015 07 01 Orfox Is Guardian Project s Latest App For Bringing The Tor Browser Experience To Android First Alpha Release Is Available Android Police Illogical Robot LLC Retrieved 2015 07 21 Orfox Paved the Way for Tor Browser on Android The Tor Project 2019 09 03 Retrieved 2022 03 14 Ostel OSTN Archived from the original on 9 August 2017 Retrieved 6 September 2014 Ostel co is permanently offline Guardian Project Retrieved 2021 12 27 Hans Christoph Steiner 30 June 2014 New Official Guardian Project app repo for FDroid Retrieved 27 July 2014 Signing Keys Guardian Project Retrieved 19 September 2014 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guardian Project software amp oldid 1215463916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
