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  • Pitfalls for OMEMO Implementations – Part 1: Inactive Devices

    Pitfalls for OMEMO Implementations – Part 1: Inactive Devices
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    In this post I want to discuss, what can go wrong when implementing OMEMO encryption and how the pitfalls can be avoided.

    December 13, 2019
  • On “Clean Architecture”

    On “Clean Architecture”
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    I’m currently reading Clean Architecture by Robert C. Martin. These are my thought so far.

    November 3, 2019
  • Dealing with Colors in lower Android versions

    I wrote a little helper class to deal with colors in Android API levels < 26.

    June 30, 2019
  • Closer Look at the Double Ratchet

    In this post I try to explain the Double Ratchet Algorithm that drives the cryptography behind OMEMO and Signal. This is the second part of my series about the crypto behind OMEMO.

    April 15, 2019
  • Shaking Hands With OMEMO: X3DH Key Exchange

    In this blog post I take a detailed look at how the Extended Triple Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (X3DH) works. This algorithm is part of the cryptography that drives OMEMO.

    April 4, 2019
  • Another Step to a Google-free Life

    Today I * registered an account at mailbox.org * changed my mail address to username+service@mailbox.org on all the services I use * decoupled and deleted YouTube from my Google Account Yay!

    March 25, 2019
  • A look at Matrix.org’s OLM | MEGOLM encryption protocol

    In this post I take a closer look on how matrix.org’s crypto protocols olm/megolm compare to the OMEMO protocol.

    March 10, 2019
  • More Languages to the F-Droid Planet?

    You may know about Planet F-Droid, a feed aggregator that aims to collect the blogs of many free Android projects in one place. Currently all of the registered blogs are written in English (as is this post, so if you know someone who might be concerned by the matter below and is not able to…

    March 3, 2019
  • I am up to no good.

    I am up to no good.
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    Yet another German CDU politician wants to ban Tor. How is this party

    February 20, 2019
  • I Love Free Software Day 2019

    Today is I Love Free Software Day! Time to thank the developers of your favorite free software!

    February 14, 2019
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