Explore the challenges and advancements in secure messaging in this Stanford University seminar. Delve into the post-Snowden era's increased focus on end-to-end encrypted communications as a defense against mass surveillance. Examine the current landscape of secure messaging tools, discussing both technical and social hurdles to their widespread adoption. Gain insights from Joseph Bonneau's experience with the Electronic Frontier Foundation in promoting and explaining secure messaging tools to the public. Learn about the CONIKS protocol for key distribution and its implications for secure communications. Understand the evolution of encryption in messaging apps, key verification methods, and the importance of open-source development in this field. Analyze key distribution properties, certificate transparency, and the concept of prefix trees in secure messaging systems. Discover the latest research and developments in computer systems design, implementation, and analysis through this comprehensive lecture from Stanford's Computer Systems Colloquium Series. Read more