Tamper-Detection App for Android
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Edward Snowden and Nathan Freitas have created an Android app that detects when it’s being tampered with. The basic idea is to put the app on a second phone and put the app on or near something important, like your laptop. The app can then text you—and also record audio and video—when something happens around it: when it’s moved, when the lighting changes, and so on. This gives you some protection against the “evil maid attack” against laptops.
Micah Lee has a good article about the app, including some caveats about its use and security.
Tags: Android, Edward Snowden, phones, security monitoring, tamper detection
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