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The Guardian Project (software)

Index The Guardian Project (software)

The Guardian Project is a global collective of software developers, designers, advocates, activists and trainers who develop open-source mobile security software and operating system enhancements. [1]

54 relations: Adobe Flash, Amazon Appstore, Android (operating system), Aptoide, Avaaz, Benetech, Brooklyn, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, ChatSecure, CopperheadOS, Cryptocat, Digital signature, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Encryption software, End-to-end encryption, F-Droid, Firefox for Android, Firewall (computing), Freedom of information, Google, Google Play, Hivos, Internet privacy, Internews, IOS, Iptables, Jitsi, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands), Mobile security, Non-governmental organization, Off-the-Record Messaging, Onion routing, Open Technology Fund, Open Whisper Systems, Open-source software, OpenVPN, Orbot, Redirection (computing), Research and development, Routing, Signal (software), Silent Circle (software), TextSecure, The Tor Project, Inc, Tor (anonymity network), Traffic shaping, United States Department of State, University of California, Berkeley, ..., Virtual private network, Voice over IP, Witness (organization), XMPP. Expand index (4 more) »

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications, mobile games and embedded web browser video players.

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Amazon Appstore

The Amazon Appstore for Android is an app store for the Android operating system operated by Amazon.com.

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Android (operating system)

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Aptoide

Aptoide is an alternative marketplace for mobile applications which runs on the Android operating system.

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Avaaz

Avaaz is a U.S.-based online site launched in January 2007 that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict.

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Benetech

Benetech was founded in 1989 by high technology entrepreneur Jim Fruchterman in Palo Alto, California.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs (DRL) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.

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ChatSecure

ChatSecure is a messaging application for iOS which allows OTR and OMEMO encryption for the XMPP protocol.

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CopperheadOS

CopperheadOS is a source-available operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform.

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Cryptocat

Cryptocat is an open source desktop application intended to allow encrypted online chatting available for Windows, OS X, and Linux.

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Digital signature

A digital signature is a mathematical scheme for presenting the authenticity of digital messages or documents.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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Encryption software

Encryption software is software that uses cryptography to prevent unauthorized access to digital information.

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End-to-end encryption

End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is a system of communication where only the communicating users can read the messages.

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F-Droid

F-Droid is a software repository for Android system, similar to the Google Play store.

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Firefox for Android

Firefox for Android (codenamed Fennec) is the build of the Mozilla Firefox web browser for devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

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Firewall (computing)

In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.

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Freedom of information

Freedom of information is an extension of freedom of speech, a fundamental human right recognized in international law, which is today understood more generally as freedom of expression in any medium, be it orally, in writing, print, through the Internet or through art forms.

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Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

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Google Play

Google Play (previously Android Market) is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google.

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Hivos

Hivos (Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries) is a development aid organization, headquartered in The Netherlands.

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Internet privacy

Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, repurposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via of the Internet.

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Internews

Internews Network, now Internews, is an international non-profit organization.

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IOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusively for its hardware.

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Iptables

iptables is a user-space utility program that allows a system administrator to configure the tables provided by the Linux kernel firewall (implemented as different Netfilter modules) and the chains and rules it stores.

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Jitsi

Jitsi Desktop (formerly SIP Communicator) is a free and open source multiplatform voice (VoIP), videoconferencing and instant messaging application for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Android.

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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is an American non-profit foundation dedicated to fostering "informed and engaged communities" which the foundation believes are "essential for a healthy democracy." The foundation "supports ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts." The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation began as the Knight Memorial Education Fund in 1940.

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MacArthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is the 12th-largest private foundation in the United States.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken; BZ) is the Dutch Ministry responsible for Foreign relations, Foreign policy, International development, International trade, Diaspora and matters dealing with the European Union, NATO and the Benelux Union.

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Mobile security

Mobile security, or more specifically mobile device security, has become increasingly important in mobile computing.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Off-the-Record Messaging

Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations.

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Onion routing

Onion routing is a technique for anonymous communication over a computer network.

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Open Technology Fund

The Open Technology Fund (OTF) is a U.S. Government funded program created in 2012 at Radio Free Asia to support global Internet freedom technologies.

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Open Whisper Systems

Open Whisper Systems (abbreviated OWS) is a software organization that was founded by Moxie Marlinspike in 2013.

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Open-source software

Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software whose source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.

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OpenVPN

OpenVPN is an open-source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities.

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Orbot

Orbot is a free software project to provide anonymity on the Internet for users of the Android operating system.

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Redirection (computing)

In computing, redirection is a form of interprocess communication, and is a function common to most command-line interpreters, including the various Unix shells that can redirect standard streams to user-specified locations.

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Research and development

Research and development (R&D, R+D, or R'n'D), also known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), refers to innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, or improving existing services or products.

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Routing

Routing is the process of selecting a path for traffic in a network, or between or across multiple networks.

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Signal (software)

Signal is an encrypted communications app for Android and iOS.

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Silent Circle (software)

Silent Circle SA is an encrypted communications firm based in Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland.

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TextSecure

TextSecure was a free and open-source encrypted messaging application for Android that was first released in May 2010.

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The Tor Project, Inc

The Tor Project, Inc. is a Massachusetts-based 501(c)(3) research-education nonprofit organization founded by computer scientists Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson and five others.

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Tor (anonymity network)

Tor is free software for enabling anonymous communication.

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Traffic shaping

Traffic shaping is a bandwidth management technique used on computer networks which delays some or all datagrams to bring them into compliance with a desired traffic profile.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department that advises the President and represents the country in international affairs and foreign policy issues.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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Virtual private network

A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, and enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.

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Voice over IP

Voice over Internet Protocol (also voice over IP, VoIP or IP telephony) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.

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Witness (organization)

WITNESS is a human rights non-profit organization based out of Brooklyn, New York.

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XMPP

Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a communication protocol for message-oriented middleware based on XML (Extensible Markup Language).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian_Project_(software)

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