Security Seminar

AI has the potential to transform learning, creativity, and productivity. It represents a profound platform shift in technology - like the internet, or the shift to mobile. As with any transformational shift, AI will be (and already is) used for good and for evil. This talk will cover some of the practical examples of...

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Key recovery is the process of regaining access to end-to-end encrypted data after the user has lost their device, but still has their password. Existing E2EE key recovery methods, such as those deployed by Signal and WhatsApp, centralize trust by relying on servers administered by a single provider. In this talk, we share...

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Better algorithms mean less illegal content on social media. To improve these algorithms, users need to report such content, yet they often do not. This talk will explore young people’s attitudes and practices around reporting a specific online harm: illicit drug advertisements. A survey of UK students (13–18) examined...

Dan Sexton is Chief Technology Officer at the Internet Watch Foundation, a not-for-profit whose vision is to create an internet free from child sexual abuse and is a safe place for children and adults to use around the world. Zoom link: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83115049986?pwd=6W5bzFb49HcCbWqz6HR3tRhpVxubTb.1

Dan Sexton is Chief Technology Officer at the Internet Watch Foundation, a not-for-profit whose vision is to create an internet free from child sexual abuse and is a safe place for children and adults to use around the world.

Online communities enable surveillance among LGBTQ+ users despite being used as safe spaces where users can explore their identity free from most online harms. Coercion, doxxing, and public outing are all examples of privacy violations faced. These are experienced when users fail to conform to fellow community members’...