Problem Statement

In many real-world safety and harassment cases:

• Evidence is lost, altered, or deleted

• Victims lack structured documentation

• Reports lose credibility due to missing timelines

• Existing safety applications focus only on emergency alerts rather than evidence preservation

There is a clear need for a secure system that helps individuals maintain trustworthy digital records.

Proposed Solution

Open Safety Evidence Vault is designed as a secure digital evidence management system that allows users to document incidents safely and systematically.

The platform enables users to record incidents through notes, images, and audio while automatically ensuring:

• Local encryption for privacy protection

• Verified timestamps for authenticity

• Cryptographic hashing to prevent tampering

• Structured chronological incident tracking

• Generation of organized evidence reports

The system prioritizes user control, transparency, and long‑term reliability of recorded data.

Key Features

• Secure incident logging with multimedia support

• AES‑based encrypted local storage

• SHA‑256 hash verification for tamper detection

• Timestamped incident timeline

• Exportable structured evidence report (PDF)

• Fully open‑source and auditable architecture

Impact and Use Cases

The project aims to support real societal needs, including:

• Women’s safety and harassment documentation

• Domestic violence evidence preservation

• Campus and workplace incident reporting

• NGO and legal aid assistance

• Personal safety record keeping

Rather than functioning as an emergency alert system, the platform strengthens evidence credibility and accountability.

Technical Approach

• Privacy‑first, local‑first system design

• Cryptography‑based data integrity model

• Secure evidence workflow from capture to verification

• Open‑source implementation for transparency and community trust

Project Goals

• Improve reliability of safety-related documentation

• Protect user privacy by design

• Provide reusable open-source safety infrastructure

• Enable ethical and socially impactful technology