Crypto Village·1 hr 9 min
Cathy Gellis · Riana Pfefferkorn
A fireside chat discussing ongoing encryption battles, government backdoor legislation, and digital civil liberties.
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Crypto Village Safe Mode
Virtual (Discord and Twitch) · 6-9 August 2020 · 8 talks
Crypto Village focuses on cryptographic protocols, privacy preservation, secure communications, data protection, and surveillance defense.
1–8 of 8 talks
Crypto Village·25 min
Zhanna Malekos Smith
Examines the weaponization of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in technology policy, cybersecurity debates, and public perception.
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Crypto Village·37 min
Emily Crose
Demonstrates how to use Freedom of Information Act requests to uncover government surveillance programs and public agency technology practices.
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Crypto Village·48 min
Per Thorsheim
Reflects on the infamous Paris Hilton Sidekick hack, analyzing account takeover tactics, security questions, and modern authentication flaws.
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Crypto Village·45 min
Mansi Sheth
Reviews best practices and modern architectural patterns for encrypting and securely storing sensitive data in cloud environments.
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Crypto Village·28 min
Porter Adams · Emily Stamm
Analyzes the cryptographic and privacy challenges of implementing secure end-to-end verifiable online voting systems.
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Crypto Village·45 min
Hanno Böck
Hanno Böck reveals critical flaws in STARTTLS implementations across mail servers and clients, demonstrating command injection and credential theft via protocol downgrade attacks.
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Crypto Village·25 min
Kelley Robinson
Explores applying TLS-style cryptographic identity and encryption primitives to telephone networks to mitigate spoofing and call interception.
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