Presented at
HOPE X (2014),
July 19, 2014, 3 p.m.
(60 minutes)
This talk will provide an outline of the pitfalls, dangers, benefits, and progress when it comes to doing encryption in JavaScript in the browser. Nadim has been working on this problem for the past three years in collaboration with Mozilla, Google, and the W3C. The solution is still far away, but there have been many interesting (and, most importantly, educational) challenges that have been faced. After giving an overview of how browser cryptography has advanced in the past year, Nadim will reveal a new open source encryption software project during the talk.
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Nadim Kobeissi
Nadim Kobeissi, originally from Lebanon, is a programmer and cryptography enthusiast whose work focuses on making encryption more accessible to people around the world. He created Cryptocat, one of the world's most popular encrypted chat solutions and a gold standard for easy-to-use private chat. Nadim is a member of the W3C's web cryptography working group and holds a double degree from Concordia University in Montreal. Currently, he acts as cryptography engineer at eQualitie for their DDoS mitigation platform.
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