Developing protocols for better Off-The-Record encryption

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Cryptography done right has become increasingly important as the impacts of poor implementations are being feltÌýby journalists, whistleblowers and political activists around the world.

Graduate student Nik Unger and ProfessorÌýIan Goldberg of theÌýÌýresearch groupÌýat theÌýDavid R. Cheriton School of Computer Science have been working to improveÌýcryptography for messaging.ÌýEncrypting messages provides a level of protection against their being read,Ìýbut encryption also provides other benefits. Read the full story.