Hi!

My name is Paul Schaub (vanitasvitae), I’m a computer science student from Münster, Germany, I’m 23 years old and right now I’m in my 8th semester.

I’m very close to getting my bachelors (undergraduate) degree with only one subject missing (Yay!). That’s why I got some spare time, which I am very happy to be able to spend as a GSoC (Google Summer of Code) student on the Smack project \o/!

 

In my free time, I’m involved in some free software projects mostly around Android apps. I’m currently one maintainer of the unofficial diaspora* app dandelion*. I also wrote the most likely unknown Android app EnigmAndroid which is a simulation of the Enigma machine.

 

My bachelors thesis was about implementing the OMEMO encryption protocol for the Smack library. The result is currently available as an open pull request (there’s still some work to do ). I chose this topic, because I believe that strong, easy to use encryption is very important for society. I’m very happy that the project worked out so great so far.

 

Within the GSoC, I’ll implement Jingle file transfer for Smack as well as finish up the OMEMO PR. Also I’ll try to find an elegant solution for OMEMO encrypted file transfer, which I’ll try to formalize into a (Proto-)XEP. Here you can find my GSoC proposal.

 

I’m always interested in making new contacts in the FOSS world, so if you have any questions or want to chat, don’t hesitate to contact me . You can find my contact information on my github page, but I’m also hanging out in the open_chat MUC.

 

Happy hacking!

Vanitasvitae