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

该项目的重点是设计一个无基础设施的通信系统，使没有计算机安全专业知识的人可以轻松安全地与朋友和家人通信，而不会受到第三方的监视、审查、宣传或报复。这项工作的主要目标是：(1)进一步开放人们自我教育所需的信息获取途径；(2)使信息共享更容易。特别注意的是设计不依赖于容易受到攻击的集中控制点的协议。正在研究人类行为模式对通信系统性能、能源效率和安全性的影响，研究结果用于指导开发更好的、用户感知的通信协议。通信协议的设计与分析；便携式通信设备侧信道攻击防御分布式系统架构；节能软件系统在这项工作中发挥着核心作用。

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