Haven
Protect personal spaces and possessions without compromising privacy
| AppID: | org.havenapp.main |
| Author: | Guardian Project |
| License: | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Donation: | LiberaPay OpenCollective |
| InRepoSince: | 2017-12-22 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2021-08-13 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 0.2.1-beta-1 |
| Categories: | Guardian Project, Security |
| APK source: | Github |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Haven is for people who need a way to protect their personal spacesand possessions without compromising their own privacy. It is an
Android application that leverages on-device sensors to provide
monitoring and protection of physical spaces. Haven turns any Android
phone into a motion, sound, vibration and light detector, watching
for unexpected guests and unwanted intruders. We designed Haven for
investigative journalists, human rights defenders, and people at risk
of forced disappearance to create a new kind of herd immunity. By
combining the array of sensors found in any smartphone, with the
world’s most secure communications technologies, like Signal and Tor,
Haven prevents the worst kind of people from silencing citizens
without getting caught in the act.
Project Team
Haven was developed through a collaboration between Freedom of the
Press Foundation and Guardian Project. Prototype funding was
generously provided by FoPF, and donations to support continuing work
can be contributed through their site:
https://freedom.press/donate-support-haven-open-source-project
Safety through Sensors
Haven only saves images and sound when triggered by motion or volume,
and stores everything locally on the device. You can position the
device’s camera to capture visible motion, or set your phone
somewhere discreet to just listen for noises. Get secure
notifications of intrusion events instantly and access the logs
remotely or anytime later.
The follow sensors are monitored for a measurable change, and then
recorded to an event log on the device:
* Accelerometer: phone’s motion and vibration
* Camera: motion in the phone’s visible surroundings from front or back camera
* Microphone: noises in the enviroment
* Light: change in light from ambient light sensor
* Power: detect device being unplugged or power loss
Anti-Features: NonFreeComp(the application includes non-free components):
⇒ A proprietary Google GMS library getting pulled in somehow. Some library that Haven uses must pull it in, it is not directly used in Haven.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. You might have to add this repo manually there (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).
Packages
Version 0.2.1-beta-1 (2021-08-13)
Android Versions:
- Target: 11.0
- MinVer: 4.1
- ABIs: arm64-v8a,armeabi-v7a,x86
Permissions: 
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