Common sense applications of trusted hardware

Hardware security mechanisms like ARM TrustZone and Intel SGX have been widely available for a while and the academic research community is finally paying attention. Whether these mechanisms are safe and useful for ordinary people is hotly debated. In this post, we sketch two of our “common sense” applications of hardware-based trusted execution environments. Hardware […]

Ethics in information security

Our societies are undergoing pervasive digitalization. It is not an understatement to say that every facet of human endeavor is being profoundly changed by the use of computing and digital technologies. Naturally such sweeping changes also bring forth ethical issues that computing professionals have to face and deal with. The question is: are they being […]