"Proof Mode" for your Smartphone Camera

ProofMode is an app for your smartphone that adds data to the photos you take to prove that they are real and unaltered: On the technical front, what the app is doing is automatically generating an OpenPGP key for this installed instance of the app itself, and using that to automatically sign all photos and videos at time of capture…. Continue reading "Proof Mode" for your Smartphone Camera

Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures

This paper wins "best abstract" award: "Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures," by Shalev Ben David and Or Sattath: Abstract: The fisherman caught a quantum fish. "Fisherman, please let me go," begged the fish, "and I will grant you three wishes." The fisherman agreed. The fish gave the fisherman a quantum computer, three quantum signing tokens and his classical public key…. Continue reading Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures