Security

CipherKit updates: IOCipher and CacheWord

September 26, 2014

We’ve been on a big kick recently, updating the newest members of our CipherKit family of frameworks: IOCipher and CacheWord. There also are is a …

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 …

Introducing TrustedIntents for Android

July 30, 2014

Following up on our research on secure Intent interactions, we are now announcing the first working version of the TrustedIntents library for Android. …

New Official Guardian Project app repo for FDroid!

June 30, 2014

We now have an official FDroid app repository that is available via three separate methods, to guarantee access to a trusted distribution channel …

Our first deterministic build: Lil’ Debi 0.4.7

June 9, 2014

We just released Lil’ Debi 0.4.7 into the Play Store and f-droid.org. It is not really different than the 0.4.6 release except in has a new, …

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 …

Keys, signatures, certificates, verifications, etc. What are all these for?

December 12, 2013

For the past two years, we have been thinking about how to make it easier for anyone to achieve private communications. One particular focus has been …

Getting keys into your keyring with Gnu Privacy Guard for Android

December 6, 2013

Now that you can have a full GnuPG on your Android device with Gnu Privacy Guard for Android, the next step is getting keys you need onto your device …

Issues when distributing software

October 31, 2013

There is currently a discussion underway on the Debian-security list about adding TLS and Tor functionality to the official repositories (repos) of …

Keeping data private means it must be truly deletable!

August 23, 2013

There are lots of apps these days that promise to keep your data secure, and even some that promise to wipe away private information mere seconds or …