Alice and Bob are Really Confused

Presented at DEF CON 23 (2015), Aug. 6, 2015, 1 p.m. (60 minutes)

There have been over 20 cryptoparties in New York City, in which people are introduced to open source cryptography software. This doesn't always go smoothly. Usability experts have only recently being included in the design process for encryption tools, but by and large what we have to work with were designed by cryptography experts in the 90s. I'll be going over some pain points between real-world users and their real-life encounters with open source cryptography tools.

Presenters:

• David Huerta - Cryptoparty Organizer
  David Huerta ships critical art in suspicious packages and helps organize cryptoparties, which bring technologists and everyone else in New York together to learn how to protect their online privacy. Before arriving in New York, he dropped out of Arizona State University and was one of the founding members for HeatSync Labs, an Arizona hackerspace which brings makers, hackers, and the occasional futurist together to build things and teach others how to do the same.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-23/dc-23-speakers.html#Huerta
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 23/DEF CON 23 slides/DEF CON 23 - David Huerta - Alice and Bob are Really Confused - Slides.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 23/DEF CON 23 video/DEF CON 23 - David Huerta - Alice and Bob are Really Confused - Video.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 23/DEF CON 23 video and slides/DEF CON 23 - David Huerta - Alice and Bob are Really Confused - Video and Slides.mp4 (Video and Slides)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkh7gUm82QY

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