Tella is a mobile tool designed for activists, human rights defenders, and journalists facing high levels of repression and surveillance. With Tella, users can seamlessly hide and encrypt sensitive material in a secure container on their mobile device and securely send this material to the servers of the organization or partner they're working with.

Tella is a mobile tool designed for activists, human rights defenders, and journalists facing high levels of repression and surveillance. Tella has been in use for almost 5 years, with users and deployments all over the world. With Tella, users can seamlessly hide and encrypt sensitive material in a secure container on their mobile device and securely send this material to the servers of the organization or partner they're working with.  Public Tella user stories are available here.

If you are an activist, journalist, human rights defender, or anyone who engages in documentation of injustice, you can use Tella to:

  • Protect yourself from physical and digital repression while collecting and storing sensitive information.
  • Protect the data you collect from censorship, tampering, interception, and destruction.
  • Easily produce high quality documentation that can be used for research, advocacy, or transitional justice.

Tella is free and open source, whether you're a developer, a designer, a security expert, or just someone who wants to help, there are many ways you can get involved. Here are a few ways you can contribute to Tella:

Claimed Status: Claimed
Open Source: Yes
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Added on: 8/19/2024
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