The Guardian Project

The Guardian Project is an open-source software development initiative , run by a small group of software developers, that entails the development of a suite of applications for the Android operating system to help make mobile communications more secure.

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The Guardian Project was founded by Nathan Freitas in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY.

Orbot brings the capabilities of Tor to Android. Tor uses Onion Routing to provide access to network services that may be blocked, censored or monitored, while also protecting the identity of the user requesting those resources.