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Guardian project haven12/28/2023 The device itself can be protected by a strong password and disk encryption, to stop intruders from meddling or accessing any data. All of the processing and analysis of the sensor data happens locally on the device, and is only stored locally, and not in a cloud. Only when configurable sensor thresholds are crossed, is any data recorded permanently in the log. In addition, the device must not simply record a stream of video, audio and sensors, hoover-ing up all things. The person we aim to help must have complete control of the system, the sensors and the captured data and media. Thus, it was a fundamental tenet to not require people to give up privacy, in order to gain security. It was clear that some might see Haven as a surveillance device (or “self” sous-veillance), which, regardless of who is in control of it, can be problematic and a vulnerability. Even better, they can receive real-time secure and private notifications, with images and sound, as it happens, and take appropriate actions.Īn important design goal of Haven, is to not require the user to share data with any third-party, or to have centralized infrastructure. All of these “intruder alerts” are recorded on the device, so that the victim can have evidence of their unwanted guest. By tapping into the sensors and processing power on these devices with custom software, a system could feel the vibrations of someone walking, detect the shine of a flashlight, hear the sound of a door opening (or a child crying), or see someone entering into the view of a camera. ![]() ![]() I also like to think that through Haven, we have unexpectedly created the most powerful, secure and private baby monitor system ever. They call it a “safe room” in your pocket, or way to defeat “evil maid” attacks, that lets you know when you’ve been targeted by a “black bag” operation. Lee and Edward Snowden, is based on the notion that any smartphone could be turned into a personal, portable security device, to watch for unexpected intrusions into physical spaces. The concept of Haven, as imagined by Micah F. This re-imagining of a smartphone as something more, is what inspired the development of Haven, a new open-source project and mobile app we are announcing today, built in partnership with Freedom of the Press Foundation. Even better, many people have an old second-hand, last generation device lying around, ready to be transformed into a computing platform much more powerful than a Raspberry Pi or some generic Internet of Shoddy (!) Things platform. Once you step back from thinking of these devices as phones, and instead as powerful general purpose portable computing platforms, a world of possibilities and potential uses opens up wide. I don’t think Alexander Graham Bell ever imagined a telephone doing all of these things. Most importantly, for the work we are announcing today, they contain an amazing variety of sensors, that can measure gravity, motion, air pressure, ambient light, temperature, and your precise location on the planet. They contain multiple radios and signal processors, that allow you to make crystal clear calls to someone on the other side of the planet, live stream 4K video, and download a game all at once. They have at least two cameras, now often three, arrays of microphones to capture sound near and far, and high definition, hyper sensitive touch screens for controlling them. These devices have powerful processors with multiple cores, at gigahertz speeds, and gigabytes of RAM and storage. We were game, and well, here we are today, announcing a real working public beta, and a new open-source project, that we are extremely excited about.Īt some point soon, we should stop calling the smartphones that over two billion people carry with them everyday and everywhere, phones at all. ![]() They had a concept that would bring all of these things together, and just wanted to see if it was even possible. They also knew of our deep interest in bringing ideas to life that can solve real problems faced by people out on the front lines (both at home and abroad), who often are more in danger from physical threats, than digital. They also knew we could connect devices together using encrypted messaging and onion routing, through our work on ChatSecure and Tor ( Orbot!). They knew that from projects like CameraV and ProofMode, that we knew how to tap into the sensors on smartphones to do interesting things. About eight months ago, friends at the Freedom of the Press Foundation reached out to us, to see if we were interested in prototyping an idea they had been batting around.
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