HackadayPrize semifinals ore now over. Congratulations to the 5 finalists ! You really deserve it !

Now, move on, there's still a lot of work with this device...

With the hype created by the (very questionnable) "Anonabox", it is very important I clarify a few things :

• Tor is not meant to encrypt traffic, "Anonabox" is very wrong about this. Tor is meant to hide your IP address, nothing more : each end of the Onion circuit could see your traffic. Encrypting traffic is OpenVPN job.

• Tor is not meant to be used all the time : for an example, using it to stream videos, like said on "Anonabox", will cause harm to the Onion network. This is the reason UnJailPi is not fully automatic, and you are still able to activate/deactivate Tor and OpenVPN : you use them when you need them.

• This device won't protect your privacy if your end-point device (tablet, computer) is compromised already. You will also have to change some of your browsing habits : disable Javascript in your browser, carefully use credentials, and some more. Quoting Kali Linux meme : "With great power, comes great responsability"

• For the moment, UnJailPi is built on top of a cut-down Raspbian Operating System. It was the best way (IMO) to start with a clean base : Raspbian repos are used widely so there shouldn't be anything really suspiciousn and software updates still remain easy. However I'm actually looking for a more specialised operating system : Moebius, OpenWRT, PORTAL are options.

• UnjailPi prototypes use Raspberry Pi / Banana Pi boards. Raspberry Pi is a well known board, we can be 100% sure it doesn't have any hardware backdoors. About Banana Pi, I'm sure LeMaker people will be more than happy to have some of their boards handle an audit.

• I never said anywhere I'm a security specialist. My code is easy enough to prove there are no flaws in it, and if there are, I'd be more than happy to correct them.

• UnJailPi is still at the HackadayPrize semifinals status : it is still in a prototype stage and final revision is not there yet. The device is looking for some funding, some feedback, and could benefit of some technical help. If you are willing to support this project, feel free to contact me...

I'm also being asked the differences with Adafruit OnionPi. Here are some of them :

• OnionPi is fully automatic, Tor is enabled on startup. This was a good start base, but Tor needs to run only when we need it.

• OnionPi doesn't provide any OpenVPN features

• OnionPi doesn't offer access-point random key generation features

• UnJailPi has a very easy-to-use user-interface

• UnJailPi allows to block/force Tor relays depending on their location

• UnJailPi is really autonomous with its internal battery (2-3 hours running-time)

• UnJailPi works with every type of outside access : cable ethernet, private/public wifi, mobile data network with android USB/wifi tethering. There are also plans to include LTE 4G dongles support.

I'm very open to discussion about this device. If you're interested, please drop me a line...