TC: Medium: Collaborative Research: WHISPER - Wireless, Handheld, Infrastructureless, Secure Communication System for the Prevention of Eavesdropping and Reprisal

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This project focuses on the design of an infrastructurelesscommunication system that makes it easy for people without expertisein computer security to safely communicate with friends and familymembers without being subjected to third-party surveillance,censorship, propaganda, or reprisal. The primary goals of this workare to (1) further open access to information people require toeducate themselves and (2) make sharing information easier.Particular attention is paid to designing protocols that do not relyon centralized control points, which are subject to attack. Theinfluence of patterns in human behavior on communication systemperformance, energy efficiency, and security are being studied, andthe findings used to guide the development of better, user-aware,communication protocols. Design and analysis of communicationprotocols; defenses against side-channel attacks on portablecommunication devices; distributed system architecture; andenergy-efficient software systems play central roles in the work.