#Signal #Developer Explains Why Early Encrypted Messaging Tools Flopped
#MoxieMarlinspike criticized early #encryption software's user-unfriendly design at #BlackHat2024, admitting he and others initially failed to consider non-technical users' needs. Speaking with #BlackHat founder #JeffMoss, He said tools like #PrettyGoodPrivacy (#PGP) wrongly assumed users would adopt complex practices like keyservers and signing keys over dinner. "We were just wrong," Marlinspike said
https://www.pcmag.com/news/signal-developer-explains-why-early-encrypted-messaging-tools-flopped

Meet Joe Biden’s Favorite Hacker – The Messenger | …nice little biography of Dark Tangent
https://alecmuffett.com/article/108748
#JeffMoss #regulation

“Durante estos años he dicho que los hackers necesitan una silla en la mesa de la política, en tanto la tecnología se complejiza cada vez más y se vuelve más importante. Los hackers ven las cosas desde un punto de vista distinto al de la industria, los lobistas y las entidades comerciales que buscan ganancias: tenemos que asumir nuestro rol de representar a la sociedad civil" #JeffMoss
#Defcon31
#Defcon
#infosec
https://www.clarin.com/tecnologia/jeff-moss-fundador-defcon-hackers-asumir-rol-representar-sociedad-civil-_0_yrJ1rqYiTn.html