Phone Surveillance System Using the Haven App

[Сергей Олегович Пшенов]

Phone Surveillance System Using the Haven App

I am sure that each of you has at least one old Adnroid phone. And if you don’t know where to put it, I have an interesting suggestion for you - to make a hidden recorder out of it and a hidden surveillance camera with a motion detector and the ability to record what is happening.

You probably thought to yourself: “Well, of course, I surprised you. After all, all this stuff is full in the Google Play market. " And you are right in some ways, but only partially. An application that makes a video surveillance camera from a phone is called Haven , and the difference between it and other similar ones is this:

• Recommended by the gurus of anonymity and privacy, Edward Snowden, a Guardian project and the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
• It does not store recorded information on servers owned by someone unclear.
• It is open source and available for download, which I assume will be audited soon.
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  It is worth remembering that the use of listening devices for secretly reading information is prohibited by the law of the Russian Federation!
  Edward Snowden app Haven
  There are many gadgets to protect your home and property. But knowing that your property is controlled by security systems, there is always a major privacy issue. Since these devices can record audio and video, it is likely that the recordings will fall into the wrong hands. If you do not want your data to be used by others (in the most innocuous case of marketing companies), then you need to make sure that your privacy is respected.
  
  Haven is a free open source application for the Android operating system that turns any Android device into a security system, with an emphasis on privacy, endorsed by Edward Snowden, a Guardian project and the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Haven will work on any Android phone, even on an old and inexpensive one. The application works as a surveillance system, using the device’s camera, microphone and even an accelerometer to detect movement.
  
  There are many applications for this application. By leaving your laptop in the hotel safe and placing a telephone next to it, you can configure Haven to broadcast sound and movement. If someone opens the safe, he will be photographed, sound will be recorded, and you will receive a notification on the phone. Alerts can be sent via SMS
• The basic idea of Haven is simple: turn any Android device into a home security device and use the device’s sensors for this task. Haven records only when something happens, and not continuously, and stores the data on the local device, and not on the server somewhere in the cloud.
  
  In the current version, Haven uses the following sensors:
  
  
  • Accelerometer: movement and vibration of the phone
  • Camera: movement in the visible environment of the phone from the front or rear camera
  • Microphone: environmental noise
  • Light: changing light from a light sensor
  Install Haven
  
  1. Go to the Google Play website.
  2. Click install.
     
  3. Launch the application by tapping the shortcut on the desktop.
  Haven setup
  After starting, you will be asked to set thresholds for sound and movement, and you need to do some testing to reduce false positives. With the right settings, you will eliminate constant noise and movement, such as the sound of a working refrigerator or the appearance of your cat.
  
  Also, the Haven application will offer to link your device by adding a number to which you will receive notifications. You do not have to do this, but in this case everything will be saved only locally in the device’s memory.
  
  
• Haven uses end-to-end encryption to protect data. Users who want even more security can use the Tor network for this.

 

[Люков]

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[Демитрий]

... I tried it, it doesn’t work on my mobile phones, deleted it!)) The idea is good, but unfortunately the application’s functionality has not been finalized, in addition, its former users noticed a tendency to unauthorized interference with other resources installed on the phone. If anyone managed to adapt to android, please share your experience.