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Orbot now at v14.0.0 build 100!

June 7, 2014

The latest Orbot is out soon on Google Play, and by direct download from the link below: Android APK: …

Automatic, private distribution of our test builds

June 6, 2014

One thing we are very lucky to have is a good community of people willing to test out unfinished builds of our software. That is a very valuable …

Reset The Net!

June 4, 2014

We’re making the Internet more secure, by taking part in #ResetTheNet https://resetthenet.org

Security in a thumb drive: the promise and pain of hardware security modules, take one!

March 28, 2014

Hardware Security Modules (aka Smartcards, chipcards, etc) provide a secure way to store and use cryptographic keys, while actually making the whole …

Eric Schmidt Awards Guardian Project a “New Digital Age” Grant

March 10, 2014

An interesting turn of events (which we are very grateful for!) ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Diana Del Olmo, diana@guardianproject.info Nathan Freitas (in …

Tweaking HTTPS for Better Security

February 12, 2014

The HTTPS protocol is based on TLS and SSL, which are standard ways to negotiate encrypted connections. There is a lot of complexity in the protocols …

SQLCipher has 100M+ Mobile Users (Thanks to WeChat!)

December 10, 2013

(Note: Originally this post had a title claiming 300 Million WeChat users… that would have included iOS and Android, and we don’t know if the WeChat …

Ostel.co secure VoIP network partners with Open Hosting

December 3, 2013

Ostel.co began as a R&D effort sponsored by The Guardian Project. The question: Is a peer-to-peer secure voice and video call network possible to …

VoIP security architecture in brief

November 21, 2013

Voice over IP (VoIP) has been around for a long time. It’s ubiquitous in homes, data centers and carrier networks. Despite this ubiquity, security is …

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 …