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Android test release on Google Play in Norway
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.. meta::
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:author: str4d and meeh
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:date: 2014-08-23
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:category: android
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:excerpt: I2P Android and Bote have been released on Google Play in Norway, as a test run for a future worldwide release.
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I2P Android has existed for over three years. In that time, it has evolved from
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a simple test project into a usable, useful Android port of the I2P router. Our
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eventual goal has been to release I2P Android on Google Play, to make it easier
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for users to discover, install and use I2P on their Android devices. After much
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work improving the user interface, fixing bugs and testing, we think that I2P
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Android is finally ready to go where the users are.
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Also please note that we have upgraded the Android API to 9, this means that
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Froyo Android 2.2 will not be supported anymore, and the lowest requirement is
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now Gingerbread Android 2.3.
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Initially, we are only releasing to Android users in Norway, as a test run.
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A timely response to PST's suggestions to mass surveillance of the Norwegian people.
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Mass surveillance is about limiting our freedom, never has our own privacy been
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more at stake. This won't benefit the people, and is not the solution.
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I2P Android will have far more exposure on Google Play than it has ever had before,
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and there will be bugs and usability issues that we need to fix. It will be much
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easier (and less stressful!) to respond to feedback if we only need to deal with
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reports from hundreds of users instead of thousands (already orders of magnitude
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more feedback than we have ever had).
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Simultaneously we are making the first public release of Bote, an Android port
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of I2P-Bote. Bote is private, distributed, secure email, made easy. It runs on
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top of the I2P network, and while it works as a standalone app, it will use the
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I2P Android app by default if installed. As with I2P Android, we are initially
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only releasing Bote to Android users in Norway.
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As lead developer for I2P Android and Bote, str4d look forward to your comments. You
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are the people who will be using them, and your perspectives will help me craft
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simple, intuitive apps that make privacy accessible to everyone.
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We advice people from Norway to visit https://blog.privacysolutions.no for more information
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about the Goole Play release and download links.
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