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The research group SECUSO (Security • Usability • Society) belongs to the Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 2d

We had a great experience at @evoteid.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone and see you next year 👋☺️

E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 5d

🎉That’s a wrap for #EvoteID25!

💡A heartfelt thank you to all participants, speakers, chairs, and organizers who made this year’s edition a success.

🗳️It has been an inspiring week in Nancy - see you next year!

#EVoting #DigitalDemocracy #CyberSecurity

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 15h

@kastel-labs.bsky.social @evoteid.bsky.social

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 15h

👏 Congratulations Tobias, Florian, and Philipp, for winning the best paper award for their paper on the development and evaluation of a video on #onlineelections. The paper was chosen for bridging the gap between research & practical application, and providing benefits for society as a whole.

Five people standing in a row. We see three people who handed over a gift and a certificate to Tobias Hilt and Florian Moser, who received an award for their paper.

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 20h

#SECUSO unterstützt Initiativen gegen #Chatkontrolle
Am 14. Oktober entscheidet der Rat der EU über einen Entwurf zur Kontrolle von privaten Chats, der es erlauben würde, Nachrichten auf den Endgeräten vor und nach der Verschlüsselung zu prüfen.
ℹ️ gi.de/meldung/chat...
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Chatkontrolle: GI lehnt Verordnungsentwurf der EU ab

Unter der dänischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft wird derzeit über einen neuen Kompromissentwurf zur Chatkontrolle verhandelt, über den der Rat am 14. Oktober 2025 entscheiden soll. Der Entwurf würde eine a...

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 2d

After this year's edition in Nancy, France, one thing is now clear: The 2026 edition of @evoteid.bsky.social will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, from October 6 to 9! We are looking forward to it!
#EVoting #DigitalDemocracy #CyberSecurity

Melanie Volkamer and David Duenas-Cid stand in front of a screen that shows date and place of next year's E-Vote ID.

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 2d

We had a great experience at @evoteid.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone and see you next year 👋☺️

E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 5d

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 6d

In multiple user studies, we developed improvements for the different components of a verifiable online voting system. During the demo session, participants had the opportunity to cast their votes via the online voting system and to verify the accuracy of their votes using a second device.

A person sits in front of a laptop, her hands are on the keyboard. There is a second monitor that shows a voting systems. The person in front of the laptop looks up to another person. Both are smiling, it seems they are having a good conversation.

The picture shows three people. It seems that one person is listening to what one of the other two is explaining. All stand in front of a table with a laptop and a bigger monitor that shows a QR code. There are several posters in the room.

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 6d

Many thanks to all who visited our demo yesterday at @evoteid.bsky.social and provided feedback. The demo of the various parts of our verifiable #onlinevoting system was first presented as part of the #ESS evaluation. We now had the chance to obtain further feedback directly from the community.

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 6d

Congratulations to Tobias, who presented his research on the development of an explanatory video on verifiable internet voting 👏

E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 6d

✨The new session starts with the presentation of Tobias Hilt:

"Development and Expert Evaluation of an Informative Video concerning Verifiable Internet Voting"

#EVoteID25

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 6d

Herr the Link to the study published by the @bsi.bund.de

www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/D...

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 6d

Thanks a lot to Florian to present our paper „On a Study of Mechanisms for End-to-End Verifiable Online Voting (StuVe) co-authored by
Véronique Cortier, Alexandre Debant, Ralf Kuesters, Florian Moser, Johannes Mueller and Melanie Volkamer #EVoteID2025

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E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 6d

⭐Welcome to the second day of the conference! We start with the presentation of Michael Naehrig:

"ElectionGuard: A modular approach to verifiable elections"

which gives very interesting insights on ElectionGuard's cryptographic building blocks

#EVoteID25

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E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 7d

🌟Last talk of the morning! Thanks to @ilevin.bsky.social for presenting:

"From Reporting Delay to Conspiracy Theory"

which highlights the critical role of political information in shaping interpretations of electoral controversies.

#EVoteID25

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 7d

Christina (who visited us earlier this year several weeks) is presenting our common paper at #EVoteID2025 @oksanakulyk.bsky.social

Results of interviews conducted in Germany and Denmark

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 7d

Great to see so many interested researchers at #EVoteID25

A lecture hall full of people, the picture is taken from above. In the foreground, you can see a person speaking.

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 7d

@evoteid.bsky.social

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 7d

This morning, Melanie Volkamer, #SECUSO, joined by David Duenas-Cis and Peter Roenne, opened this year's E-Vote-ID! We are looking forward to three days of interesting presentations and discussions 💬🗨️@evoteid.bsky.social @davidduenascid.bsky.social #EvoteID25 #conference
Picture by Tobias Hilt

Melanie Volkamer, Peter Roenne und David Duenas-Cid stehen in einem Hörsaal vor Publikum und eröffnen die E-Vote-ID 2025.

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 7d

Some impressions from the first keynote at #EVoteID2025

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 8d

...during the evaluation of the Helmholtz topic Engineering Secure Systems (#ESS).

The demo is joint work with Bernhard Becker, Felix Dörre, Amina Gutjahr, Michael Kirsten, Jörn Müller Quade, Indra Spieker gen. Döhnemann, and Melanie Volkamer.

@kastel-labs.bsky.social @kit.edu

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 8d

#EVoteID25 will start tomorrow 🗣️
During the demo session tomorrow evening, Tobias Hilt will present an improved user interface and voting materials for the cast-then-audit individual verifiability approach for verifiable #internetvoting. The demo was already presented in May...
@evoteid.bsky.social

Ein Mensch steht mit einem Mikrofon in der Hand vor einem Poster und erklärt etwas. Der Inhalt des Plakats ist nicht zu lesen, die Überschrift lautet: Usable, Secure, and Legally Compliant Individual Verifiability in Internet Voting. Vor dem Poster steht ein Tisch mit einem Monitor, auf dem eine Website zu sehen ist.

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E-Vote-ID Conference @evoteid.bsky.social · 8d

📢We are pleased to announce that the Springer Proceedings of #EvoteID25 are now published and open access! Explore cutting-edge research on electronic voting, security, usability, governance, and more.
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#EVoting #CyberSecurity #DigitalDemocracy #AcademicConference

Electronic Voting

The open access E-Vote-ID 2025 proceedings deal with up to date research on the development of electronic and internet voting and electoral technologies.

link.springer.com

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 12d

It examines the influence of different senders and notification texts on the remediation of website hacking. The notifications helped to remediate hackings, but sender and framing don't seem to have an effect: doi.org/10.5445/IR/1... @2fa.bsky.social @herdom.bsky.social @securitycapybara.bsky.social

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 12d

"'I believe it’s incredibly difficult to fight against this flood of spam': Towards Enhancing Strategies for Creating Effective Vulnerability Notifications" by Anne Hennig, Maxime Veit, Leoni Schmidt-Enke, Fabian Neusser, Dominik Herrmann, and Peter Mayer was accepted at "Computers & Security". 1/2

“I believe it’s incredibly difficult to fight against this flood of spam”: Towards Enhancing Strategies for Creating Effective Vulnerability Notifications

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 13d

At this occasion, Tobias Hilt, #SECUSO, presented how to systematically examine human factors that need to be considered in #onlineelections (e.g., perceived usability or voters' ability to verify their votes), and the results of a recent study on US citizens' trust in electronic voting machines.

KASTEL Security Research Labs @kastel-labs.bsky.social · 13d

Transatlantic Exchange on Election Security: U.S. Delegation Visits KASTEL Security Research Labs
On September 19, a delegation of U.S. Secretaries of State from 12 states visited KASTEL Security Research Labs, accompanied by the Aspen Institute Germany. Read more: kastel-labs.de/news/

Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 14d

Joint #research projects and his role as coordinator and co-speaker of the “Human and Societal Factors” research group in the @helmholtz.de funded subtopic “Engineering Secure Systems” still connect him to SECUSO.
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Peter Mayer

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 14d

🎉Congratulations to Peter Mayer on his promotion to associate professor! 🎉Peter Mayer worked as research assistant for SECUSO from 2015 to 2022, first at TU Darmstadt and later at @kit.edu! In 2023, he moved to the University of Southern Denmark as an assistant professor.
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Peter Mayer

portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk

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