Guardian Project Blog

Seeking Slightly Paranoid Android Developers for Hire and Internships

November 10, 2010

The Guardian Project is kicking off a three month project focused on finishing up our secure chat app, codenamed Gibber but also known as “OtRChat”. …

SECURED: T-Mobile myTouch 4G gets Guardian

November 9, 2010

One of the services we provide at the Guardian Project is taking any off the shelf Android phone and setting it up to be generally more secure, …

Proxy Settings Add-on for Firefox Mobile

November 8, 2010

The latest beta of Firefox 4 on Android is proving to be very usable, stable and an increasingly viable alternative to the built-in webkit browser. …

Open Video Conference: Panel and Hackday

September 30, 2010

Nathan Freitas will be on a panel at the 2nd annual Open Video Conference in New York this Friday and Saturday. He will be on the panel entitled …

Orbot Release 1.0 in the Android Market!

September 23, 2010

It’s here! We’d like to officially announce the release of Orbot to the Android Market. After going beta back in March, we’ve seriously re-doubled our …

Orbot Update: New Setup Wizard at Startup

July 29, 2010

We’ve been working away at the 0.0.9 release of Orbot over the last few months, and have put a decent amount of effort into usability. Specifically, …

Calling all Guardians – Alpha Testers Needed!

July 13, 2010

Recently here at the Guardian Project we’ve been brainstorming & designing a new tool that we think will be core to enabling truly protected …

How To: Lockdown Your Mobile E-Mail

July 9, 2010

Update 2015-04-27: We now recommend OpenKeychain over APG, the app described in this blog post. The set up is drastically easier, so you probably …

aPad / iRobot / Moons e7001 Teardown

June 5, 2010

This is the aPad or iRobot Android 7″ tablet device from www.hiapad.com. I decided to tear mine apart, as the unit I received has a battery issue, and …

How To: Setup a Private VOIP Phone System for Android

May 26, 2010

MAY 2011: Learn more about our new efforts on the Open Secure Telephony Network at https://guardianproject.info/wiki/OSTN – we currently recommend …