Haven (software)

Haven is a free and open-source security application for Android designed to monitor activity occurring in the vicinity of a device using its built-in sensors, and to alert the device owner of such activity. Haven was co-developed by Edward Snowden, and The Guardian Project, under the auspices of Freedom of the Press Foundation.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Haven: Keep Watch

Original author(s)	Marco Ziccardi[1]
Developer(s)	Nathan Freitas; The Guardian Project
Stable release	0.2.1-beta-1 / 20 July 2021; 3 years ago (2021-07-20)[2]
Repository	github.com/guardianproject/haven
Written in	Java, JavaScript
Platform	Android
License	GNU GPLv3[3]
Website	guardianproject.github.io/haven/

Functionality

The Haven app can detect motion, send app alerts to users, record set periods of time, hear/record sound (record sound is only when users record periods of time, when the app hears motion it alerts the users phone or sms alerts the user) and detect physical phone movement (like intruder banging on the walls).

Limitations

The Haven app does need a SIM card to send SMS alerts as well as there is no live feed and only records events if set to record a period of time. Video and sound quality depends on the device's video and microphone quality.

See also

• Evil maid attack

References

1. Marco Ziccadi (12 December 2012); "Wireless networks project, first commit". GitHub.com
2. "Releases · guardianproject/haven". GitHub.
3. Freitas, Nathan (28 February 2017); "License". GitHub.com. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "Snowden's New App Turns Your Phone Into a Home Security System". wired.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
5. "Snowden’s App Probably Can’t Protect You From Targeted State Surveillance". vice.com. 8 January 2018. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
6. "Edward Snowden has created an app to protect your laptop from potential spies". newsweek.com. 28 December 2017. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
7. "Edward Snowden app 'catches spies'". 27 December 2017. Retrieved on 6 July 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
8. "Introducing Haven, the open source security system in your pocket". freedom.press. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
9. Lee, Micah (22 December 2017). "Edward Snowden’s New App Uses Your Smartphone to Physically Guard Your Laptop". theintercept.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
10. "Guardian Project Debuts Haven Security App to Protect Personal Privacy". eweek.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
11. "Snowden helped design an app that turns your old phone into a surveillance device to help solve the "evil maid" problem / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
12. Heidrich, Achim Barczok, Jörg. "Snowden-App Haven: Einsatz kaum mit deutschem Recht vereinbar". c't. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
13. "Edward Snowden’s New App Turns A Smartphone Into a Security System". fortune.com. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
14. "Edward Snowden lance Haven, une application Android de sécurité (MAJ)". zdnet.fr. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
15. Dietrich, Anton. "Komplettüberwachung via Smartphone: Update für Edward Snowden App". chip.de. Retrieved on 6 July 2018.
16. Heidrich, Achim Barczok, Joerg (19 January 2018). "Edward Snowdens Überwachungs-App Haven soll vor Spionen schützen". C't. 2018 (3): 24. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• Official website