Security Awareness Party
In the security world, there’s a pesky belief that a tool can either be secure or easy to use, but not both. Some experts also argue that training people to be safe online is too hard and doesn’t accomplish much…
ToFU/PoP in your Android App! (a.k.a. extending Orlib to communicate over Tor)
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 to use depending on your threat model, and how you have your web…
Build your own Open Secure Telephony Network, some assembly required
The Open Secure Telephony Network is a standard that defines how to configure a VoIP softswitch with the capability to have secure two-way VoIP conversations if both parties are using the same server. The system requires both backend and frontend…
Orbot Your Twitter!
In some ways, Twitter is the perfect application to run over the Tor network. It works with small bits of data, it is asynchronous, works naturally in a “store and forward” queue model, and in general, has a decent amount…
Announcing ObscuraCam v1 – Enhance Your Visual Privacy!
We’re very happy to announce the beta release of ObscuraCam for Android. This is the first release from the SecureSmartCam project, a partnership with WITNESS, a leading human rights video advocacy and training organization. This is the result of an open-source…
A Weather Report On Security
Carrier Grade, Verizon and the NSA
The Only Way to Visit Strongbox on a Phone
