nadim kobeissi phare presentatie

Nadim KobeissiCryptocat

Encryption for the Masses

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Nadim Kobeissi

@kaepora

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Thanks for having me

A bit about me:

§ Born in Beirut

§ Working on Cryptocat since 2011

§ Favorite past-time for bored intelligence agents

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Context of the Internet

§ What does the Internet mean to:

§ You?

§ “Most people?”

§ Me?

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Context of the Internet

§ Internet:

§ Facebook

§ Farmville

§ OkCupid

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Context of the Internet

§ Internet:

§ Facebook

§ Farmville

§ OkCupid

§ Determining future of the Middle East and direction of world foreign policy

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Enter Social Media

• Enter Facebook, Google+, Twitter

• They are great inventions, absolutely...

• ...but they also are Big Data

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Big Data

• You trust Big Data with your:• Schedules• Conversations• Emails• Photos and media

• Daily

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Governments and Internet

• “We need to protect copyright!” - SOPA

• “We need to protect our children!” - Bill C-30

• “We need to beat the terrorists!” - FBI Going Dark Program

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Internet privacy, Internet freedom

• This isn’t about conspiracy, it’s about privacy

• Internet privacy = Internet freedom, they’re the same thing

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• Take strong encryption, and use it to give a privacy tool to everyone.

Cryptocat’s mission

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Cryptocat’s mission

EVERYONE

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Everyone

• Encryption has previously found home with:

• Militaries

• Nerds,

• Not the general population

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Everyone

But if everyone had encryption...

• You don’t have to trust your government to respect your privacy

• Your dignity on the Internet is preserved

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Cryptocat

• Open source, free software

• Works in your web browser

• Translated into 34+ languages

• You already know how to use it.

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Cryptocat

• Usability is a security feature.

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Cryptocat

• Usability is a security feature.

• so we made a cartoon…

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Perceptions differ

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Cryptocat

~350,000 logins monthly.maandag 4 maart 13

Cryptocat

What happened in Egypt in January 2011?maandag 4 maart 13

Cryptocat

• “Encryption is dangerous because terrorists” — Law Enforcement

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Surveillance is a problem

• Reality: Intelligence gathering via metadata

• Reality: Torture of people captured using encryption

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What’s wrong with this picture?

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Computer wars are real

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#cryptoparty

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Cryptocat

• Try it! Contribute! Review! Share! It’s open and free!

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Thank you

www.crypto.cat

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Ghent Web Valley & Bloovi presents

2013c o n f e r e n c e

Speaker @Phare Conference 2013

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