The Challenges Facing Privacy Apps
When we talk about privacy as a concept, we tend to drill into the benefits of privacy and the crucial role that it plays in our lives as individuals. In…
Derek Zimmer
Derek is a cryptographer, security expert and privacy activist. He has twelve years of security experience and six years of experience designing and implementing privacy systems. He founded the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) which focuses on creating and improving open-source security solutions through auditing, bug bounties, and resource gathering and management.
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Preparing for Travel – Properly Backing Up Your Android Cell Phone
When I prepare for travel, I take some steps to make sure that my protected data will not be read or otherwise mishandled by customs. I then follow-up with rigorous…
Identity and Card Theft – Shielding Yourself from the Unsafe Small Business
With a constant stream of news of big organizations that have neglected their security, we often forget that the most vulnerable organizations are the small and medium businesses that don't…
A Serious Concern About Post-Quantum Cryptography and Strength Targets
I have been writing a number of articles about the state of the NIST post-quantum cryptography competition, with short summaries on the projects and what they are all about. What…
NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Digital Signature Algorithms
We have been talking about the National Institute of Standards and Technologies' contest to find the most attractive new algorithms for quantum resistance. (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) In…
NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Asymmetric Algorithms (part 3)
In the first article of this series, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and…
NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Asymmetric Algorithms (part 2)
In the previous article, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and were advanced based…
NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography (part 1)
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the round 2 candidates for post-quantum cryptography. What is post quantum cryptography? Post Quantum Cryptography is encryption that can resist…
Private App Designs are Inherently More Secure
As a privacy activist, I spend a majority of my time talking about the dangers of the widespread loss of privacy in society. Today, we are going to sidestep a…
Chromium to Weaken Ad-Blockers – Impacts Chrome, Edge and Brave Browsers
Chromium Moves to Weaken Ad-Blockers Googles' developers of Chromium, the framework that makes up not only the Chromium browser, but many other browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and the…