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Background info on mobile phones and security - maybe adapted from here - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch047_understanding-risks/ <br /> | Background info on mobile phones and security - maybe adapted from here - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch047_understanding-risks/ <br /> | ||
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some info and a link to step by step instructions - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch050_vpn-on-android/ <br /> | some info and a link to step by step instructions - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch050_vpn-on-android/ <br /> | ||
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| + | [https://market.android.com/details?id=org.torproject.android#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwib3JnLnRvcnByb2plY3QuYW5kcm9pZCJd Orbot] & [https://market.android.com/details?id=info.guardianproject.browser&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwOSwiaW5mby5ndWFyZGlhbnByb2plY3QuYnJvd3NlciJd Orweb] - These two apps really go hand in hand, Orbot is the Android port of Tor a tool for anonymous online activity (whilst tor is not completely secure it's still a lot better than nothing) and Orweb is a browser made for it by The Guardian Project which is automatically configured to use Tor. | ||
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| + | [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.witness.sscphase1&hl=en ObscuraCam] is a visual privacy app for photo and video, that gives you the power to better protect the identity of those captures in your photos, before you post them online. | ||
| + | ObscuraCam will automatically detect faces that you can pixelate, redact (blackout) or protect with funny nose and glasses. | ||
Revision as of 13:24, 6 May 2012
Mobile Phone Security and Android Apps
In this chapter you will learn;
- Some background info on Mobile Phones and security
- How to send encrypted SMS messages on an Android phone
- How to set up a VPN on an Android phone to allow safer browsing
Background Info
Background info on mobile phones and security - maybe adapted from here - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch047_understanding-risks/
Android
The [http://guardianproject.info/apps/ Guardian project are doing really useful work on Android platform
Encrypted SMS Messages
TextSecure or Gibberbot or both
Setting up a VPN on an Android Phone
some info and a link to step by step instructions - http://en.flossmanuals.net/basic-internet-security/ch050_vpn-on-android/
Encrypted Web browsing
Orbot & Orweb - These two apps really go hand in hand, Orbot is the Android port of Tor a tool for anonymous online activity (whilst tor is not completely secure it's still a lot better than nothing) and Orweb is a browser made for it by The Guardian Project which is automatically configured to use Tor.
Blurred faces camera app
ObscuraCam is a visual privacy app for photo and video, that gives you the power to better protect the identity of those captures in your photos, before you post them online. ObscuraCam will automatically detect faces that you can pixelate, redact (blackout) or protect with funny nose and glasses.