PGP For The Web

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PGP is one of the most trusted and secure solutions for private communication. Despite being around for over 20 years, its use is far from common. Bringing PGP to a wider audience has recently become a hot topic. Offerings from startups, open source projects, and Google are in development. This talk is about the security challenges that need to be overcome in order to bring PGP to the web. Expect an analysis of the features and faults of the applications that work in this problem domain. Daniel Reichert is a student at Oregon State University. His interests in computer science include cryptography, security, and privacy. He is the lead developer of the PGP Privly application.