Guardian Project Blog

Tor on a Tablet

May 25, 2010

We recently acquired a Moons e-7001 “iRobot” tablet which runs Android 1.5. This device is also known as the “aPad”. It is a very basic iPad-clone, …

Beem+Orbot: Mobile Instant Messaging over Tor

May 10, 2010

It is no secret that we are big fans of open-source here at Guardian. In fact, it is what we are made of. Guardian is not just a single app or just …

Ultimate Droid and Orbot

April 11, 2010

The InsecureSystem blog has a nice write-up on how to get Orbot running on your Droid: I’ve always been a supporter of net privacy and Tor in …

Ushahidi-Linda: “Testimony” + “Protection”

March 10, 2010

Ushahidi-linda (“Testimony” + “Protection” – disclaimer: we don’t speak Swahili so this was a shot in the dark!) This is a fork of the Ushahidi on …

Orbot goes Beta

March 4, 2010

As announced on the Tor Blog, an important development: The Tor Project has been working very closely with Nathan Freitas and The Guardian Project to …

MobileActive Helps Secure Citizen Journalists

March 2, 2010

While we appreciate the mention in this new guide from MobileActive, we appreciate even more the hard work put into documenting practical solutions …

Orbot main screen redesign

March 1, 2010

Here’s a few screenshots of the new “ACTIVATE ORBOT!” user interface. Just polishing up some of the features and doing a last few days of diligent …

One Solution for Push-to-Talk

February 11, 2010

As part of rolling out the first-phase of The Guardian Project, I will be writing short reviews of existing applications for Android-based mobile …

Orbot: Initial Release (repost)

February 10, 2010

This was originally posted in October 2009. I’d like to make this post without much fanfare. Just looking to share information on the work I’ve been …

Ideas and Inspiration

February 8, 2010

Watch the video below to hear directly from Google’s Android Team about the benefits of an open-source mobile OS. And now, another clip from one …