Haven: Keep Watch
and 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 FPF, 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 logs remotely or anytime
later.
The following sensors are monitored for measurable change, and then
recorded to an event log on the device:
* Accelerometer: Motion and vibration of phone
* Camera: Motion in the phone’s visible surroundings from front or back camera
* Microphone: Noises in the environment
* Light: Change in light from ambient light sensor
* Power: Detect device being unplugged or power loss/shutdown
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Reviews (26)
All I wanted (and expected from the public hype on this app) is an app that can repurpose my old smartphone into a "security camera" that can send a live feed OVER WIFI to either another WiFi connected smartphone or PC. I did not expect the "old" phone to require an active phone company account to become a "security camera". Instead, Haven appears to require your repurposed phone STILL have an active phone account, and only sends data/images via messaging services. No continuous live video feed over WiFi is possible...unless I missed it. Also, the initial "configuration" protocol guides you through MANDATORY setups for movement, vibration, and sound, each of which display arbitrary "sensitivity" numbers at you expecting you to know what they mean.as you adjust them. The decibel number is somewhat obvious, but even then as an example of needless complexity...in a quiet room with an "average" decibel reading, according to the app, of about 30 (A or C weighting unknown), the adjustment numbers rapidly change from about 40 to over 90 without explaining why and how it relates to sensitivity. You have no control over the numbers as they appear to constantly and rapidly change randomly.
Excellent app. Can you add email functionality, so that it will be able to send a snapshot(pictures), for those of us with no secondary devices that are capable of sms.
Impossible to set up camera sensitivity for motion detection on my device (Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)). If I set the sensitivity to 998, it keeps detecting motion even though there's none. If I set it to 1065, it detects nothing even if I completely cover and then uncover the camera with my hand.
read about this, but it did not work, could not get anything to work, just a out of focus, badly colored mess of a video. too esoteric for general use. Alfred, on the other hand, setup and ran beautifully first time. this is too nerdy.
The idea is great but it's so insanely buggy. Developer really needs to put more effort into testing and bug squashing. I wouldn't mind paying for the app if it was a quality product.
Must have app.. especially when the scandalous boss calls you into the office for talk. For that alone it's priceless. Setup is required though.
Video sensitivity needs to be reworked, impossible to use the awkward sliders to get a good value, it's either 0% or 100% detection.
Maybe a bit confusing for a novice user, but it is very powerful once you understand all the features!
What is the oldest "old phone" that this app will work on? I've tried to find this information, but have not found it so far. It's not much good if it only runs on 7.1.1 or later. That's my current phone's OS. The principle is good though.
Uninstalled within 5 minutes... Adjustment for motion turned me off almost immediately... Its too sensitive and hard to control... Just don't care for the interface... Needs tweaking.
Trippy. I discovered this accidentally on my blocked messages. Apparently bf had this all along. Lol...when I told him I found this amazing app. Wow. Really? That's creepy he's watching me? Do what? Haha. This is weird.
Everything is fine, only there is no dark theme in the application.
it is an amazing app. it serves it's propose for improving campus safety, yet to try it on campass, but so far so good!!
A bit buggy, tapping sometimes doesn't do anything and I have to exit and open the app again to continue
Amazing app. I just keep thoughting to how to use mobile phone as a CCTV camera system. Thanks for your work.
doesn't record anything but the notifications go off. logs filled with blanks..clear log ineffective
Beta data it's like sailing on a ship that needs sales but still going pretty fast considering it is an idea that has never been explored app wise before i love it best app since krav maga
Great idea but difficult to set: sms not working, signal always gives errors, please add additional instructions!
Does what it says Works great! I hope this app isn't going away they got a text saying Haven was being just stopped
Almost. 9GB free but yet I can't update apps. I blame all utilities
Pretty cool 😎 Please add custom notification like a webhook my url, server, or telegram , signal is so unusable messenger
Just installed and isnt user friendly dosent walk you through the basics also motion detected 4 Times yet wont give feedback also app closed 3 times forcing me to reopen & restart app.
Nice apps, need improvement for the average user and keep an eye on battery draining issue. Thank you
Buggy app! Terrible motion detection, no in-app help... Just generally not useful.
There is no any sounds log detected only first time detect sound and later no any log ?!!!!
Pretty useless. Tested it by activating it then moving my hand in front of the camera. When I stopped collecting info and looked at the logs, there was nothing recorded. There's just a big arrow pointing to the "view logs" button, which if you click it returns you to the main menu. Not even an error message to let you know what's wrong. Can't recommend. Uninstalled as not fit for purpose.