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Haven: Keep Watch on Windows Pc

Developed By: The Guardian Project

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 2.307 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version	0.2.0-RC-1
Size	15.1 MB
Release Date	December 10, 22
Category	Tools Apps
App Permissions: Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (11)]
What's New: WARNING: DUE TO CHANGES IN GOOGLE POLICY, HAVEN CAN NO LONGER SEND SMS TEXT MESSAGES. PLEASE USE SIGNAL NOTIFICATIONS INSTEAD.Big thanks to @lukeswitz, @... [see more]
Description from Developer: Haven is for people who need a way to protect their personal spaces and possessions without compromising their own privacy. It is an Android application that leverages on-device se... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Haven: Keep Watch and install on Windows PC. Haven: Keep Watch is free Tools app, developed by The Guardian Project. Latest version of Haven: Keep Watch is 0.2.0-RC-1, was released on 2022-12-10 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 500,000. Overall rating of Haven: Keep Watch is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 2,307 users, 300 users had rated it 5*, 1,384 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Haven: Keep Watch on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Haven: Keep Watch on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Haven: Keep Watch on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Install using BlueStacks
Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install Haven: Keep Watch using BlueStacks

Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
Once installed, click "Haven: Keep Watch" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Haven: Keep Watch on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Haven: Keep Watch" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 0.2.0-RC-1 , 0.2.0-beta-5-signed.

Download Haven: Keep Watch 0.2.0-RC-1 on Windows PC – 15.1 MB

Download Haven: Keep Watch 0.2.0-beta-5-signed on Windows PC – 13.7 MB

Haven is for people who need a way to protect their personal spaces
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

WARNING: DUE TO CHANGES IN GOOGLE POLICY, HAVEN CAN NO LONGER SEND SMS TEXT MESSAGES. PLEASE USE SIGNAL NOTIFICATIONS INSTEAD.

Big thanks to @lukeswitz, @archie94 and @fattire for the excellent trudging and grinding!

- Removed SMS feature due to Google restrictions #364
- Improved usability and reliability of Signal number registration
- Improved power monitoring #371
- Custom heartbeat status #374

More at: https://github.com/guardianproject/haven/releases/tag/0.2.0-beta-5-signed

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Permission an application must hold in order to use ACTION_REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.