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The All Things Auth Podcast

by Conor Gilsenan

Every 2 weeks, Conor Gilsenan hosts a conversation with creators, researchers, founders, and advocates who are working to improve the usability of security and privacy technologies.Guests share what they are currently working on, how they got to where they are today, who they are trying to help, and what keeps them motivated to overcome challenges along the way.The goal is for the rest of us to learn from their experiences and go on to promote usable security and privacy within our own projects and organizations.

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Episodes

  1. #010 - Making Open-Source Software Usable with Ashley Fowler of USABLE.tools

    Social media & website Email: [email protected] Twitter: @global_ashm, @USABLE_tools Website: usable.tools Resources mentioned in episode Jon Camfield published an article titled "Where did USABLE come from?" that explains the motivation for starting the organization. The free USABLE Guidebook...

  2. #009 - How to be an #MFAally with Tanya Janca of Microsoft

    Social media & website Twitter: @shehackspurple Website: dev.to/shehackspurple Resources mentioned in episode Tanya talks about enabling MFA on Tangerine Bank, WealthSimple, and PayPal. Tanya wrote a blog post titled "Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)" that explains what MFA is for people who are...

  3. #008 - Secured by Math, Designed for People with Pilar García of 1Password

    Social media & website Twitter: @1password Website: 1password.com Resources mentioned in episode Conor and Pilar frequently reference 1Password’s White Paper, which explains the security architecture and overall security philosophy of the company. Pilar mentioned the well known XKCD comic on...

  4. #007 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 2

    Yixin Zou Social: @yixinzou1124 University: School of Information at University of Michigan Paper: An Empirical Analysis of Data Deletion and Opt-Out Choices on 150 Websites Karoline Busse Social: @kb_usec University: Institute of Computer Science 4 Security and Networked Systems at University of...

  5. #006 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 1

    Miranda Wei Twitter: @_weimf University: Security and Privacy Research Lab at University of Washington (work done at SUPERgroup at University of Chicago) Paper: “What was that site doing with my Facebook password?” Designing Password-Reuse Notifications Eva Gerlitz University: Institute of…

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  6. #005 - Grading How Companies (In)Securely Store Passwords with Michal Špaček of Password Storage

    Michal Špaček shares the story of how the Password Storage project has convinced hundreds of companies to publicly disclose their password storage practices and assigned each a grade based on how well they follow best practices. We discuss hashing algorithms and the technology behind storing...

  7. #004 - Product Managers: The Polyglot Communication Hubs That Improve Your Products with Simon Moffatt of ForgeRock

    Simon Moffatt, a Technical Product Manager at ForgeRock, joins me to discuss why a Product Manager is a critical role within any organization that aims to create usable security and privacy technologies. We discuss what, exactly, a PM actually does and why they are the critical hub between all...

  8. #003 - End-to-end Encrypted Chat Without Getting Snooped On with Max Krohn of Keybase

    Keybase is a Slack-like app that supports chat and file sharing, but it is fully end-to-end encrypted. You might be familiar with other well known apps that support end-to-end encryption, like WhatsApp and Signal, but Keybase has a fundamentally different security architecture. Max explains why...

  9. #002 - Your Phone is a Phishing Resistant Security Key with Alex Grinman of Kryptco

    Alex shares the story of how Krypton first started as a secure messaging app, then evolved to help developers manage SSH keys, and today aims to make phishing resistant two factor authentication a realistic option for average internet users. We get Alex’s thoughts on Google’s recent focus on...

  10. #001 - Open-source Hardware Security Keys with Conor Patrick of SoloKeys

    Conor explains what security keys are and why they provide a stronger level of security than other methods of 2FA. He shares the story about how he created and sold his first open-source security key on Amazon while he was an undergraduate studying Computer Engineering and how that project…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Every 2 weeks, Conor Gilsenan hosts a conversation with creators, researchers, founders, and advocates who are working to improve the usability of security and privacy technologies.Guests share what they are currently working on, how they got to where they are today, who they are trying to help, and what keeps them motivated to overcome challenges along the way.The goal is for the rest of us to learn from their experiences and go on to promote usable security and privacy within our own projects and organizations.

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Every 2 weeks, Conor Gilsenan hosts a conversation with creators, researchers, founders, and advocates who are working to improve the usability of security and privacy technologies.Guests share what they are currently working on, how they got to where they are today, who they are trying to help,...

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