F-Droid

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 …

Seeking Ruby/Jekyll contractors to start ASAP

December 6, 2024

Guardian Project is seeking Ruby/Jekyll contractors for mobile/free software and privacy work! We’re looking for self-motivated, free software hackers …

Seeking part-time Grant Administrator

August 5, 2024

Location: Fully remote (African/European time zone) or Vienna, Austria. Type: Part-time contractor. About us Guardian Project is a small organization …

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 …

DEfO - Developing ECH for OpenSSL (round two)

November 9, 2023

Encrypted ClientHello (ECH) plugs a privacy-hole in TLS, hiding previously visible details from network observers. The most important being the name …

FIFA2023 Report

November 3, 2023

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica) organized by the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) took …

F-Droid's Community-controlled Backup Ceremony

July 15, 2023

(Guest post from F-Droid, originally on f-droid.org) Seven core contributors and one board member met in Scotland, the birthplace of F-Droid, for the …

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 …