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Save by OpenArchive

Safely preserve, organize & share your mobile media

OpenArchive · net.opendasharchive.openarchive.release

5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 50K+ downloads v0.7.2 95.3 MB Android 11+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked Details

At a glance

Latest version
v0.7.2 (20569)
Updated
Apr 24, 2024 (2 years ago)
APK size
95.3 MB
Requires
Android 11+ (API 30)
CPU support
x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Category
Video Players & Editors (app)
Listed since
Jul 15, 2020 (at least)
Permissions
20 (10 sensitive)
Website
open-archive.org
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Save by OpenArchive is an app by OpenArchive in the Video Players & Editors category, listed since at least July 2020. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

Since version 0.2.3-RC-1, the APK grew from 10.7 MB to 95.3 MB and the minimum Android version rose from 4.4 to 11. It asks for 20 permissions, 10 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and read phone status and identity. It asks for the same permissions as version 0.7.0.

What's new in v0.7.2

Chunks webdav uploads by default. Updated UI on onboarding screens

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Save (Share Archive Verify Encrypt) by OpenArchive enables you to safely preserve, organize, and share your mobile media. Designed with and for newsrooms, human rights defenders, and archivists, Save keeps you in control of your mobile media at all times. ======================== //Features - Upload any type of media to private server or directly to Internet Archive - Edit media metadata, including persons, location, and additional notes - Flag media as “significant” for organization and/or easy retrieval later - Batch edit media — update the metadata of multiple media file at once - Create multiple project albums to keep your media organized (e.g. “Summer 2019,” “Work photos,” “Kitchen remodel,” “Syria uprising 2016,” etc) - Share to Save from other apps on your phone, such as your Photos or voice memos apps - “Wi-Fi-only” upload setting, for when cellular data networks are unreliable or expensive - Creative Commons licensing options for the media you collect and share ======================== //Benefits Preserve Upload your important mobile media to a private server of your choice (using a free and open source platform like Nextcloud or ownCloud). Publish the media publicly to the Internet Archive for resilient, robust preservation by a third-party. Organize Create custom-named Projects to keep your media sorted in ways that make sense to you. Add helpful notes, location, and other contextual information one by one or in bulk. Enable findability and organization with folders in the app that correspond to your own private server. Share Connect to existing project albums created and managed by partners and colleagues. Send media to the Save app from your camera roll and other iOS applications. Secure Save always uses TLS encryption, which encrypts the connection between your mobile device and your chosen destination, whether a private server or the Internet Archive. Save works with server software like Nextcloud that makes it easy to encrypt the data you’ve collected. ======================== //Help & Support OpenArchive’s FAQ - https://open-archive.org/faq/ Contact us at info[at]open-archive[dot]org ======================== //About OpenArchive is a collective of human rights technologists, ethnographers, and archivists dedicated to protecting media freedom. Our technologies are designed to preserve, amplify, and securely route mobile media to community-maintained collections in accessible public and private archives, outside the corporate walled gardens currently dominating the online media ecosystem. About Save Save by OpenArchive is a free, open source mobile archiving application for documentarians and human rights defenders. It offers at-risk groups more agency over their historical record by affording them media authentication, pseudonymity, licensing controls, and the ability to choose where and how the media will be stored for long-term access and reuse. Save addresses the gaps in the current online ecosystem existing around the a) ethical short-term collection and b) long term preservation of sensitive mobile media. We provide mobile-centered, scalable, industry-standard, ethical, intuitive, easy to use tools for at-risk communities to pseudonymously preserve and authenticate their media so that it will be accessible and maintain its provenance in the future. ======================== //Links Terms of Service: https://open-archive.org/privacy/#terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://open-archive.org/privacy/#privacy-policy

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v0.2.3-RC-1. Since v0.7.2 it requires Android 11+.

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “open-archive.net” Not the developer's name (“OpenArchive”). Names in certificates can't be verified, so this alone proves nothing.
  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature verified Apr 24, 2024
  • Antivirus scan result not available
  • Signed byCN=Open Archive, OU=open-archive.net, O=open-archive.net, L=Oakland, ST=California, C=US
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)A4:FA:BD:AA:6E:72:1C:08:1F:ED:A1:66:03:FE:98:F5:CF:57:F1:24
  • File MD5d8bbfa2996c6d4ca474571631ff9c2b8
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (20)

Save by OpenArchive requests 20 permissions, 10 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Save by OpenArchive APK: questions and answers

Is there a version of Save by OpenArchive for older Android phones?

The current version needs Android 11 or later. Version 0.7.0 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 5.0 and later. It is an old build: apps that rely on online services may no longer connect when they are this old. Get version 0.7.0 · All versions

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Save by OpenArchive APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is d8bbfa2996c6d4ca474571631ff9c2b8.

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