08-2014

Pretty Easy Privacy

1971

“or something similar”

‣ Ray Tomlinson sent first email ever. In an “internet” of about 10 nodes.

‣ >1 bn nodes

‣ huge political and economical impact

‣ big players like Google, NSA

2014

not letters:

‣ Emails can be read in transit.

‣ by your email provider (google, gmx, yahoo, microsoft.)

‣ by governments and agencies

Emails are Postcards

mostly automated, for

‣ commercial

‣ surveillance

‣ espionage

purposes

Email analysis

Consequence?

or:

08-2014

Pretty easyemail crypto!

“Pretty Good Privacy – Encryption for the Masses”

‣ strong cryptography

‣ for everyone

‣without central infrastructure

1991: PGP 1.0

Phil Zimmerman

...because

‣ it is too complicated to use

‣ hard to use on mobile

‣ forces users to use specific email clients

‣ users have „nothing to hide“

2014: rarely used

‣ is easy to use

‣ is easy to get started

‣works with your email address

‣works on all devices

‣works with most email programs

‣ is open source

easy email encryption

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How does that work?

‣ that you plug in at home.

‣ has a cute name like

pink-pony.kinko.me

‣ and a unique SSL

certificate

kinko.me is a box

‣ that encrypts your mail when you send it

SMTP proxy

‣ synchronizes your IMAP account with the box

‣ decrypting email in the process

IMAP sync

‣ Read email in your browser

Webmail

1. Configure email address

2. Configure email client:

‣ one-click install

‣QR Code

‣ Installation Guides

Easy to get started

‣ connects your phone or table with the box at your home

‣ noone can read that data in transit

..and a shuttle service

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TopQuestions

No.Any PGP-compatible software will work.

(And you could share your box, too.)

Does the recipient

need a box?

No.It works with your current one.

Do I need a new

email address?

No.kinko.me takes care of that, most of the time.

Do I need to know

the recipient’s key?

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past&

future

‣ started in Oct 2013

‣ presentation at 30c3, EFF CUP (San Francisco)

‣ runner-up at IT Sicherheitspreis

‣working prototype

A sound foundation the past

additional crypto and privacy tools

‣DropBox clone

‣Video Chat

‣ 3rd party apps on open platform

etc.

A beacon of privacy the future

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Aug 30th, 2014, Berlin

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