Android

IOCipher 1.0 community reboot

February 1, 2025

IOCipher update to version 1.0 We are thrilled to announce that a community contributor has picked up maintaining a fork of IOCipher and updated to …

A Look Back at 2024: F-Droid's Progress and What’s Coming in 2025

January 21, 2025

With 2024 now behind us, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the growth and achievements we accomplished as a community last year, and celebrate …

First Time Using CalyxOS Review

April 3, 2024

“But how are you planning on using the phone?” he asked me. I paused, a bit confused. “As a replacement for my iPhone. I want to do everything with …

The future of our fdroid-compatible app repository

February 24, 2024

Guardian Project has been running its own fdroid-compatible app repository since 2012. Up until now, we worked to ensure that our repository had the …

Arti, next-gen Tor on mobile

March 4, 2023

For software projects with recurring bugs, efficiency or security issues there’s a joke making the rounds in the software industry: …

Steps towards trusted VPNs

February 28, 2023

VPNs have become quite popular in recent years for a number of reasons, and more and more they are being touted as a privacy tool. The question is …

Scanning apps, off the record

September 28, 2022

Smart phones have brought us so many wonderful capabilities. They let people around the world access vast realms of information. They let app …

The Search for Ethical Apps: Let's start with governments

September 1, 2022

Governments across the world are moving services to mobile apps. The vast majority of these apps are only available in the Google Play store or in the …

Implementing TLS Encrypted Client Hello

November 30, 2021

As part of the DEfO project, we have been working on accelerating the development Encrypted Client Hello (ECH) as standardized by the IETF. ECH is the …

New Data Sources: API Key Identifiers and BroadcastReceiver Declarations

December 15, 2020

A central focus of the Tracking the Trackers project has been to find simple ways to detect whether a given Android APK app file contains code which …