Snowden’s new Android app turns your cheap smartphone into a home security system | Droolin Dog dot Net

Even the best digital security practices are often undone by sloppy physical security. An unreadable 40 character password, after all, is only as secure as the office containing the Post-it note you wrote it on. (Sidebar: please don’t do this. Use a password manager for god sakes, it’s almost 2018). To help combat the threat the Freedom of the Press Foundation, led by our favorite spy-turned-advocate, Edward Snowden, launched Haven, an app for cheap Android burners that turns them into full-fledged home security devices. Haven uses your phone’s built-in hardware — cameras, microphones, light sensors, and accelerometers — to monitor… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Android Source: https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/12/22/snowdens-new-android-app-turns-cheap-smartphone-home-security-system/ Tags: > Tech and Science | #ScienceTech, #pch3lp, #TechNews, pch3lp, PCH3lp, TechNews

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