[guardian-dev] Building a better mobile ecosystem

Nathan of Guardian nathan at guardianproject.info
Tue Mar 29 06:18:09 EDT 2016


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Rather then just focusing on building encryption into more things, a
group of us have been working together to think about how better to
safeguard the entire mobile stack and ecosystem. This isn't just about
good crypto, but global cooperation, transparency, verification and a
new perspective on who and how to trust. From the users, the apps and
app stores, the OS and system updates, all the way to the developer and
their source code, there is a better way to do mobile that empowers
users and makes us all safer. I am excited to take our first public
steps in this direction.

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

Three open-source projects haved joined together to announce a new
partnership to create an open, verifiably secure mobile ecosystem of
software, services and hardware. Led by the work of the Toronto-based
CopperheadOS team on securing the core Android OS, Guardian Project and
F-Droid have joined in to partner on envisioning and developing a full
mobile ecosystem. The goal is to create a solution that can be
verifiably trusted from the operating system,  through the network and
network services, all the way up to the app stores and apps themselves.
Through a future planned crowdfunded and commercial offering, the
partnership will provide affordable off-the-shelf solutions, including
device hardware and self-hosted app and update distribution servers, for
any individual and organizations looking for complete mobile stacks they
can trust.

CopperheadOS is a hardened open-source Android based on AOSP, that is
available for download and installation on many Nexus devices. The
Guardian Project develops popular free and open-source privacy-enhancing
apps like Orbot (Tor for Android), ChatSecure, and ObscuraCam, and
software libraries like NetCipher, SQLCipher and PanicKit, for
developers who want to enable similar features in their own apps.
F-Droid is an installable catalogue of free and open source Android
software, that is built into CopperheadOS, as the default app store. It
enables decentralized and verifiably secure app distribution by any
individual or organization.

The full post, pretty pictures, great videos and more here:
https://guardianproject.info/2016/03/28/copperhead-guardian-project-and-f-droid-partner-to-build-open-verifiably-secure-mobile-ecosystem/

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All the best,
   Nathan
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