This is a really interesting development from the Guardian Project!
I've been looking for a home security system and, for my price range, have only found Chinese-made webcam with disturbing privacy implications. To be able to use old Android phones and some free software that I can run myself for file collection and serving would be an optimal solution for me!
Ah, alright, so it monitors the sensors and sends a notification either over SMS or Signal. Got that.
What I don't really get is the "event logs and captured media can be remotely accessed through a Tor Onion Service". Whose Tor Onion Service? Wow, my phone runs an Onion service? Did not see that coming.
I'm assuming the phone needs to be charged 24 hours a day because something like this will kill phone batteries within a few hours.
I guess battery life is less of a concern for the suggested use case (e.g. turning a cheap, extra commodity device into a primarily stationary, plugged-in security system).
I really like the Guardian Project[0]. Their stuff is some of the first stuff I install on any new phone; it's part of what makes Android such a great OS for the privacy-conscious. It's also great to see that — contrary to what Wired reported — this is not just a product of Mr. Snowden's team. He's not trustworthy, but the Guardian Project are.
It looks like this app can be installed from F-Droid or directly from an apk. Signal can also be installed from an apk. It seems like you could install lineageos or something on a phone, then install those from apks.
Even with Google stuff installed, I've got myself logged into a number of devices. So I guess I'm missing how it makes it difficult/awkward to use it on more than one.
You still need a SIM card with an active phone contract; something my burner phone doesn't have.
Perhaps if they had a way of accessing a site like pastebin or whatever anonymously which you could monitor from your non burner phone (via tor if you liked).
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 56.2 ms ] threadI've been looking for a home security system and, for my price range, have only found Chinese-made webcam with disturbing privacy implications. To be able to use old Android phones and some free software that I can run myself for file collection and serving would be an optimal solution for me!
Good luck, team!
What I don't really get is the "event logs and captured media can be remotely accessed through a Tor Onion Service". Whose Tor Onion Service? Wow, my phone runs an Onion service? Did not see that coming.
I'm assuming the phone needs to be charged 24 hours a day because something like this will kill phone batteries within a few hours.
Seems like it https://github.com/guardianproject/haven/blob/0fd6f690ef6303...
I guess battery life is less of a concern for the suggested use case (e.g. turning a cheap, extra commodity device into a primarily stationary, plugged-in security system).
https://github.com/guardianproject/haven/blob/0fd6f690ef6303...
[0] https://guardianproject.info/
¹:https://motion-project.github.io/
[0] https://github.com/AsamK/signal-cli
Even with Google stuff installed, I've got myself logged into a number of devices. So I guess I'm missing how it makes it difficult/awkward to use it on more than one.