Frederic Jacobs

@FredericJacobs

Security engineer implementing curves & lattices for cryptographic applications. Working on private messaging (Signal ) & censorship resistance

@EPFL - Switzerland, mostly
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  1. Nov 5

    Linus on security people

    2:35 PM - 5 Nov 2015 · Details
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  2. Nov 3

    While UK Gov works on banning end-to-end encryption, CESG (GCHQ IA) urges gov & enterprise to adopt it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    1:20 PM - 3 Nov 2015 · Details
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  3. Nov 3

    Syrians who need encryption the most these days are pro-democracy activists under attack of both Assad and ISIS who own the network.

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    Nov 2

    I use Signal every day. (Spoiler: they already know)

    We've started rolling out Signal for Android! TextSecure and RedPhone are now just Signal:
    1,978 retweets 2,415 likes
  5. Nov 2

    Thanks , here are the download links :) Android: iOS: Browser: Soon

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  6. Nov 2

    Zero-knowledge proofs for exploits, because bragging with a hash is just too easy.

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    Nov 2

    We've started rolling out Signal for Android! TextSecure and RedPhone are now just Signal:

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  8. Nov 2

    Can someone explain the concept of bounded key space to politicians? There's no such thing as unbreakable 🤓

    Internet firms to be banned from offering unbreakable encryption under new laws
    12 retweets 10 likes
  9. Nov 1 Lausanne, Vaud

    Evening run by Lac Léman. The beautiful colours of Autumn around .

    7:59 AM - 1 Nov 2015 · Details
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  10. Nov 1 Switzerland

    SIL, a higher level Swift IR by & to achieve platform independence?

    7:06 AM - 1 Nov 2015 · Details
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  11. Oct 30

    That really didn't take long. Now Deutsche Telekom wants to ask startups to pay for good Internet…

    Deutsche Telekom causes uproar over , it's plans could deal serious blow to EU startups, :
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  12. Oct 30 Ecublens (VD), Vaud

    Area of focus for the next few months. Any other good resources, papers?

    6:15 AM - 30 Oct 2015 · Details
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    Oct 29

    MEPs ask EU member states to grant protection to as a defender

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  14. Oct 29

    US Officials: "We are concerned Russia wiretaps or cuts our undersea cables" Maybe review your encryption policy?

    6:39 AM - 29 Oct 2015 · Details
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  15. Oct 29

    Terrifying Xen bug w/ guest breakout. Shoutout to & for being on top of this, protecting users.

    Qubes Security Bulletin #22 (and some comments) for a critical bug in Xen ():
    19 retweets 9 likes
  16. Oct 28

    Don't expect confidentiality or authenticity from email: STARTTLS stripping, DNS hijacking, weak crypto … at scale.

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    Oct 27

    New paper: "Intel x86 considered harmful": (Also a short background story: )

    423 retweets 449 likes
  18. Oct 27 Switzerland

    They use the special-purpose quantum annealing as opposed to a universal gate-model. Complexity classes of problems vary depending on model

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  19. Oct 27

    With releasing 1000+ qubits quantum computers, it's important to point out that it ain't the only metric.

    10:24 AM - 27 Oct 2015 · Details
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