Guardian Project Blog

Orbot v11 is out!

October 26, 2012

After previous fits and starts, we’ve stabilized Orbot v11 now with the RC6 release. Our core testers and public users via the Google Play …

ToFU/PoP in your Android App! (a.k.a. extending Orlib to communicate over Tor)

September 20, 2012

In doing my research for InformaCam, I learned a couple of neat tricks for getting an app to communicate over Tor. Here’s a how-to for app developers …

Sometimes the best solution is a library, not an app

August 27, 2012

Our general approach to software development starts with surveying existing solutions that are available and in use, to see if there is already enough …

From #HOPE9: Your Cell Phone Is Covered in Spiders! – Practical Android Security

July 19, 2012

Cooperq gave a great talk on Android security late Saturday night at the recent Hackers on Planet Earth Number 9 aka Hope9 gathering. You can find the …

Threats and Usability of Secure Voice

July 10, 2012

In my previous post I found that end-to-end encryption with OSTN is both effective and usable. There are two important things the user must be aware …

A Network Analysis of Encrypted Voice over OSTN

July 5, 2012

Introduction to OSTN The OSTN network stands for Open Source Telephony Network. It is a federated network standard for supporting Internet calling …

Our Research

July 3, 2012

You can track our latest work on our public research wiki located at https://guardianproject.info/wiki or through the links below. EVENTS Head to the …

Freebird Flys High

June 28, 2012

Freebird: Rio group picture via Obscuracam for Android What happens when you gather coders with privacy and security activists from around the world? …

Orbot Data Tax (Updated!)

June 20, 2012

Update (6/26/12): I Found Orbot to have lower idle usage then previously recorded. The post now reflects the new statistics. The previous stats were …

Auditing Twitter With Orbot

June 13, 2012

Twitter’s new Android application provides a proxy option that supports Orbot. It is a great way to access Twitter, particularly if Twitter is …