OpenVPN 2.5.0 – What is Coming to OpenVPN in 2019
OpenVPN is the old guard of the VPN world. It is powerful, stable, and it has a large and enthusiastic dev community backed by multiple commercial interests. A new dot…
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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Privacy Climate Change – Slow, Steady, and Destructive Changes to the Web
The Internet is trending toward a highly isolated place that is under constant surveillance. Firstly, we should talk about why these are problems, and then potential solutions. Taken alone, each…
Privacy Theater – How Privacy Companies Market and What Actually Protects You
Bruce Schneier famously popularized the concept of "security theater" in his 2003 book Beyond Fear. The concept of security theater explains how various nations will engage in "feel good" activities…
Split Key Cryptography is Back… Again – Why Government Back Doors Don’t Work
Governments in the Five eyes surveillance alliance have been relentlessly lobbying for the power to force companies to back door their encrypted data. Every year, a new proposal comes through…
534 Ways that Windows 10 Tracks You – From German Cyber Intelligence
The German Federal Cyberintelligence Agency BSI has released a report (PDF warning) (sections 1.2 and later are in English) that details the myriad ways that Windows 10 tracks users, and…
The Internet of Things is Surveillance
The IOT is back in the news again this week. A judge has ordered Amazon to turn over audio data from an Alexa device related to a murder investigation. There's…
SuperCooKey – A SuperCookie Built Into TLS 1.2 and 1.3
In doing my research around the impact of TLS 1.3 for Private Internet Access, I came across some peculiar items in the new standards. TLS 1.3 represents a relatively large…
Quantum Computing – Is the World of a Secure Internet Over?
The short answer: No. The long answer: Noooooooooooo. If you haven't had a primer on what a quantum computer is or does, Kurzgesagt has a fantastic crash course introduction here:…
The Security Usability Challenge
Everyone wants to be more secure. They want their browsing, their money, their utilities, and their lives to be as safe as possible. When you ask users of any service…
Firefox Lightbeam – Visually Seeing the Benefits of Privacy in Real Time
Back in our Firefox Hardening guide, we talked about installing the extension Firefox Lightbeam. What is Lightbeam? Lightbeam is an app that gives you a visual graph of what your…