New Release

Our “Wind” project is a Mozilla-NSF challenge finalist!

July 20, 2018

For the last few years, we’ve been working on the Wind network concept, as a nearby, local, off-grid companion, or alternative, to the Web. This year, …

Orbot v16: a whole new look, and easier to use!

January 5, 2018

Orbot: Tor for Android has a new release (tag and changelog), with a major update to the user experience and interface. This is the 16th major release …

Haven: Building the Most Secure Baby Monitor Ever?

December 22, 2017

About eight months ago, friends at the Freedom of the Press Foundation reached out to us, to see if we were interested in prototyping an idea they had …

No more “Root” features in Orbot… use Orfox & VPN instead!

October 27, 2017

Since I first announced the available of Orbot: Tor for Android about 8 years ago (wow!), myself and others have been working on various methods in …

Combating “Fake News” With a Smartphone “Proof Mode”

February 24, 2017

We have been working for many years with our partners at WITNESS, a leading human rights media training and advocacy organization, to figure out how …

OpenArchive: Free & Secure Mobile Media Sharing #DWebSummit

June 7, 2016

I am excited to share another new “mini app” effort we have joined up with, as part of work we are doing to create simple, focused tools that solve a …

Copperhead, Guardian Project and F-Droid Partner to Build Open, Verifiably Secure Mobile Ecosystem

March 28, 2016

Three open-source projects haved joined together to announce a new partnership to create an open, verifiably secure mobile ecosystem of software, …

ChatSecure for Android v14 is FINALLY here!

September 10, 2014

I am so happy to announce that ChatSecure for Android v14 IS FINALLY HERE! BUT This is our first “release candidate” of v14 for public use, and while …

ChatSecure 13.2: Important Beta!

August 5, 2014

Today is the first public beta of ChatSecure v13.2, an important update of the user interface, networking code, and overall stability. We’ve spent the …

Turn Your Device Into an App Store

November 18, 2013

As we’ve touched upon in previous blog posts the Google Play model of application distribution has some disadvantages. Google does not make the Play …