Tella is a free & open-source app that protects users documenting human rights violations in repressive environments. Developed by @horizontal
With Tella, you can seamlessly capture, encrypt, and hide photos, videos, and audio directly on your phone.
Navigating tough times, but Tella keeps evolving!
📷 Zoom in on images (Android)
🌍 New languages: Tsonga & Portuguese Moz
🔒 Limited photo gallery access (iOS)
🔄 Improved ODK connection (Android)
More details 👇
🔗 https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/a-critical-call-for-support-and-tella-updates-2/
@luc oh that would be amazing! whatever works best for you :)
Feel free to send us an email or schedule a call directly with us:
@luc Hey! Thank you for your kind words—we’re happy that you like Tella! <3
And thanks for pointing that out about the reports.
The second one (the 2024 report) essentially confirms that we implemented the recommendations (I’m attaching the summary table from page 29).
I'll update the documentation to make this clearer.
We're also working on implementing additional recommendations from a more recent security audit.
Would you be interested in a quick meeting to discuss this and any other feedback you might have? :)
We're pausing Tella community meetings due to the funding challenges @horizontal_org is facing. We hope we can bring those back soon.
If you have questions or need support, please reach out directly.
🫂More details https://donorbox.org/towards-sustainability
💙Contact us https://tella-app.org/contact-us
Over the past five years, Horizontal has developed vital tools like @tella to empower those most at risk of surveillance.
However, the recent funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration threatens to dismantle everything we’ve built: our organization, our tools, and our community.
To help us survive as we build new revenue streams to become self-sustaining, we are looking for 250 monthly donors.
Please stand with us: https://donorbox.org/towards-sustainability
📢 New on Tella!
We've finalized new integrations for Android and iOS:
▪️ Dropbox
▪️ Google Drive
▪️ Nextcloud
Plus, we've added Bengali 🇧🇩 language support, thanks to our friends at
@l10nlab !
✨ Try it out and share your feedback 😀
https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/new-year-new-connections-on-tella-january-2025-2/
More server connections added to Tella in our latest releases! 📁
Organizations and individuals looking to back up their Tella data can now choose from:
🟪Google Drive
🟪Nextcloud
🟪Dropbox
🟪Tella Web
🟪Uwazi
🟪Open Data Kit
Do you have any feedback? happy to chat!
https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/introducing-nextcloud-and-dropbox-connections-november-2024/
New server connection available for Tella iOS: introducing the Google Drive connection! 🚀
Tella allows users to sign in to their Google account directly from Tella and to upload files directly to Google Drive (both personal Google Drive or to any Shared Drive).
More info in our latest blogpost: https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/introducing-the-google-drive-connection-for-tella-ios/
La represión y el control de la información están en aumento en América Latina. Si eres activista, periodista o defiendes los Derechos Humanos en la región, Tella puede ser una herramienta útil.
Tella es una aplicación gratuita y de código abierto que te permite:
🔹Cifrar y ocultar fotos, videos y documentos en tu teléfono
🔹Proteger evidencias de violaciones a DDHH
🔹Resguardar información sensible durante manifestaciones o investigaciones
Publicamos una guía detallada sobre cómo usar Tella en el contexto latinoamericano, incluyendo:
📱Instalación y configuración de la app
⚠️ Uso en situaciones de alto riesgo
🔐Compartir archivos de forma segura
Tella Android 2.10.0 (185) is here!🚀
In this release, we included:
🔹Support for the relationship property type in the Uwazi connection.
🔹Vietnamese language support.
🔹Support for privacy-preserving analytics (opt-in) using #DivviUp a telemetry system (from the same org that develops @letsencrypt)
- Added "successful unlock attempts" metric. More info: https://tella-app.org/security-and-privacy#analytics
🔹 Fixed multiple bugs and crashes and added small improvements.
Take a look:
https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/privacy-preserving-analytics-added-to-tella-android-2/
@katzenberger @huridocs @proofmode
Yes we are familiar with the issue with ProofOfWork, but thank you for outlining the problem. We agree this is a problem. We'll be in touch with ProofMode to explore whether they are alternatives that can be implemented.
And we'll update you here when we have some news!
We are actually hoping to integrate with ProofMode in the coming months (first on Android, and later hopefully on iOS). We will likely use the signing and notarization options that ProofMode offers, as we won't have capacity to implement our own solution.
Can you share why the bitcoin blockchain is no-go for you? So we (and our friends at @proofmode ) can understand what alternative would be desirable?
Tella releases for July are live 🚀!
Tella iOS 1.9.0 adds offline support to the Tella+Uwazi integration and adds support for the Relationships property. cc
@huridocs 😄
Tella Android 2.9.0 includes a major security update to our database.
More details: https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/uwazi-tella-integration-fully-completed-for-ios-including-offline-support-and-relationships/
🚀 Estamos empolgados em anunciar que o site da Tella agora está em português! 🇧🇷
Explore guias, recursos, histórias de usuários e explicações técnicas sobre a Tella.
Agradecimentos especiais aos nossos amigos da Localization Lab por tornarem isso possível!
tella-app.org/pt-BR/
#português #Privacy #cyberseguridad #privacidade #SegurançaDigital
We just released background encryption of files to Tella iOS 🚀.
More info: https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/background-encryption-in-tella-april-2024/
Let us know what do you think about it, we are working to also add it to Tella Android soon!
Join us tomorrow to preview our new "Resources" features 🥁
Now organizations that collect data on risk scenarios, will be able to send guides, tutorials and information to their colleagues on the ground. The information will go directly to their Tella's encrypted vault.
Are you at #FOSDEM?
We're here to chat about @tella, https://shira.app, and learn about other cool projects and tech.
Look at for Juan and Djordje! 🚀🚀
Did you know that Tella 2.5.0 (the new release!) can be downloaded and installed manually from our
Tresorit folder or from our Telegram channel?
All options to install Tella on Android 🤖 are listed here:
https://tella-app.org/get-started-android#download-and-install-tella
Did you know that you can contact the Tella team anonymously using our new in-app feedback form❓ We've implemented a built-in retry mechanism, ensuring your message gets sent even if the internet is not reliable.
Read more about the latest Android and iOS releases:
https://blog.wearehorizontal.org/tella-update-january-2024-new-releases
Desde @horizontal están buscando iOS Developer para su equipo! y como #SomosFans, les compartimos el llamado: https://wearehorizontal.org/job-post-sr-ios
