Philipp Jovanovic
@philippjovanovic.bsky.social
Professor in Information Security at UCL
Alumnus of EPFL and University of Passau
https://philippjovanovic.com/
Alumnus of EPFL and University of Passau
https://philippjovanovic.com/
As of October 1st, I am on sabbatical leave from my academic position @ucl.ac.uk and I am happy to announce that I have joined the Mysten Labs research team. Excited to be part of an incredibly ambitious & talented crowd & I'm looking forward to diving into new projects with them🚀
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As of October 1st, I am on sabbatical leave from my academic position @ucl.ac.uk and I am happy to announce that I have joined the Mysten Labs research team. Excited to be part of an incredibly ambitious & talented crowd & I'm looking forward to diving into new projects with them🚀
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🔐✌️ Victory for Privacy and Security in France 🇫🇷
End-to-end encryption will continue to be available in France, as the assembly overwhelmingly voted against an amendment to legislation fighting drug trafficking which required backdoors in encrypted messengers.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
End-to-end encryption will continue to be available in France, as the assembly overwhelmingly voted against an amendment to legislation fighting drug trafficking which required backdoors in encrypted messengers.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
L’Assemblée nationale vote pour le maintien de la confidentialité des messageries cryptées, lors d’une nuit agitée
Malgré une panne du système de vote, les députés ont repoussé, jeudi, la mesure défendue par le ministre de l’intérieur, Bruno Retailleau, qui aurait permis aux services de renseignement d’accéder aux...
www.lemonde.fr
March 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
🔐✌️ Victory for Privacy and Security in France 🇫🇷
End-to-end encryption will continue to be available in France, as the assembly overwhelmingly voted against an amendment to legislation fighting drug trafficking which required backdoors in encrypted messengers.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
End-to-end encryption will continue to be available in France, as the assembly overwhelmingly voted against an amendment to legislation fighting drug trafficking which required backdoors in encrypted messengers.
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
I’ll be at @zkproof and @RealWorldCrypto in Sofia next week. Ping me if you want to have a chat!
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I’ll be at @zkproof and @RealWorldCrypto in Sofia next week. Ping me if you want to have a chat!
@keithedwards.bsky.social Happy 40th birthday. Keep up the great work you're doing!
February 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@keithedwards.bsky.social Happy 40th birthday. Keep up the great work you're doing!
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The tentative program for Real World Crypto 2025 is live!
rwc.iacr.org/2025/program...
A huge thanks to my co-chair @malb.bsky.social and all the amazing program committee members for helping put this together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Sofia!
#realworldcrypto
rwc.iacr.org/2025/program...
A huge thanks to my co-chair @malb.bsky.social and all the amazing program committee members for helping put this together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Sofia!
#realworldcrypto
RWC 2025 program
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
February 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The tentative program for Real World Crypto 2025 is live!
rwc.iacr.org/2025/program...
A huge thanks to my co-chair @malb.bsky.social and all the amazing program committee members for helping put this together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Sofia!
#realworldcrypto
rwc.iacr.org/2025/program...
A huge thanks to my co-chair @malb.bsky.social and all the amazing program committee members for helping put this together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Sofia!
#realworldcrypto
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I am convinced 99% of websites should use magic links + passkeys.
It bypasses all (debatable) portability objections to passkeys, it’s at least as secure as email-based recovery, as fast as a password manager, it’s available to all users… and importantly, no passwords!
It bypasses all (debatable) portability objections to passkeys, it’s at least as secure as email-based recovery, as fast as a password manager, it’s available to all users… and importantly, no passwords!
I wrote about how magic links (emailed one-time login links) frustrate me while explaining that they radically accept some fundamental truths. I argue that websites should layer passkeys on top of magic links to provide a seamless authentication experience for everyone. rmondello.com/2025/01/02/m...
Ricky Mondello » Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over
rmondello.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am convinced 99% of websites should use magic links + passkeys.
It bypasses all (debatable) portability objections to passkeys, it’s at least as secure as email-based recovery, as fast as a password manager, it’s available to all users… and importantly, no passwords!
It bypasses all (debatable) portability objections to passkeys, it’s at least as secure as email-based recovery, as fast as a password manager, it’s available to all users… and importantly, no passwords!
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The submission portal is now available for the open faculty position in the UCL Information Security Research Group (permanent position, all grades). Applications close on 31 January 2024. The link and further details are at: sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/hiring-2024/
Open Faculty Position in 2024
sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk
January 8, 2024 at 12:27 PM
The submission portal is now available for the open faculty position in the UCL Information Security Research Group (permanent position, all grades). Applications close on 31 January 2024. The link and further details are at: sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/hiring-2024/
The EU is proposing highly concerning cryptography regulations: #eIDAS #Article45 would enable any EU member state to eavesdrop on and tamper with the web traffic of any EU citizen and would also severely limit the security measures that can be taken to protect the European web.
November 3, 2023 at 1:30 PM
The EU is proposing highly concerning cryptography regulations: #eIDAS #Article45 would enable any EU member state to eavesdrop on and tamper with the web traffic of any EU citizen and would also severely limit the security measures that can be taken to protect the European web.
Today Alberto Sonnino from Mysten Labs will talk about "Narwhal and Bullshark: DAG-based Mempool and Efficient BFT Consensus" at the UCL InfoSec research seminar. The talk will take place on Zoom and will be live-streamed to YouTube. More details: sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/seminars/ CYL!
October 26, 2023 at 8:42 AM
Today Alberto Sonnino from Mysten Labs will talk about "Narwhal and Bullshark: DAG-based Mempool and Efficient BFT Consensus" at the UCL InfoSec research seminar. The talk will take place on Zoom and will be live-streamed to YouTube. More details: sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk/seminars/ CYL!
Periodic reminder that I'm always looking for students who want to work with me on topics in cryptography, distributed systems etc at UCL. I have funding.
We also have a brand new scholarship program see ucl.ac.uk/scholarships... Deadline is Dec 11. If you want to learn more, reach out to me!
We also have a brand new scholarship program see ucl.ac.uk/scholarships... Deadline is Dec 11. If you want to learn more, reach out to me!
October 26, 2023 at 7:11 AM
Periodic reminder that I'm always looking for students who want to work with me on topics in cryptography, distributed systems etc at UCL. I have funding.
We also have a brand new scholarship program see ucl.ac.uk/scholarships... Deadline is Dec 11. If you want to learn more, reach out to me!
We also have a brand new scholarship program see ucl.ac.uk/scholarships... Deadline is Dec 11. If you want to learn more, reach out to me!
TIL: drand.love serves ~100M / API requests per day which is amazing and very exciting!
October 18, 2023 at 11:02 AM
TIL: drand.love serves ~100M / API requests per day which is amazing and very exciting!
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October 13, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Molly White (@molly.wiki) is covering the FTX/SBF trial very well in her newsletter newsletter.mollywhite.net/s/the-ftx-fi...