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CameraV is an app that uses the built-in sensors in modern smartphones for tracking movement, light and other environmental inputs, along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular network information to capture a snapshot of the environment around you, while you are taking a photo or video. This extra metadata (the data about the data!) helps verify and validate the date, time and location of capture, and provides an entirely new layer of context and meaning out of “invisible” energy for use in any way you choose. Finally digital signatures and encryption ensure that your media hasn’t been tampered with since capture and that it can only be seen by the people you choose.
You can read a full description of the CameraV app, and the InformaCam Platform it is built upon, here: https://guardianproject.github.io/informacam-guide/en/InformacamGuide.html
- The historic project tracker is here: https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/informacam but we are in the process of migrating it to Github.
- The homepage for the app is here: https://guardianproject.info/apps/camerav
- The project tracker wiki has a huge amount of historic information on the project that can give more background on where we've come from and how we got here: https://dev.guardianproject.info/projects/informacam/wiki/Overview
- In-app PGP-key generation and signing of all media and captured metadata (InformaCore https://github.com/guardianproject/informacore)
- Encrypted storage of all media and metadata (IOCipher https://github.com/guardianproject/iocipher)
- Encrypted Camera and Playback for Photo and Video (CamCipher https://github.com/n8fr8/CameraCipher)
- Sensor capture engine and metadata generator (InformaCore https://github.com/guardianproject/informacore)
- Remote "Real Time" synchronization of media and metadata via Dropbox (CameraV)
- Remote Tor Onion Service "Onion Share" feature via built-in HTTP server and Orbot integration (CameraV)
Here are some quick ideas about things on our mind. You should also check the issues on Github and the project tracker for any open tickets.
- CameraV overall usability and stability is fine, but could be improved on many levels. We are happy to consider any input on how the app could be made simpler or more clear, within the bounds of the current expected functionality.
- We currently supported streaming, real-time backup to Dropbox. That needs to be expanded for sure, and to support self-hosted servers using SCP/SSH or WebDAV for instance.
- IOCipher needs to be updated to work with Android 7. It is currently functional but uses deprecated internal APIs, and the Android OS shows a warning.