Nadim Kobeissi

Nadim is the CEO of Capsule Social, a startup focusing on decentralized discourse technologies. Before Capsule Social, Nadim ran Symbolic Software, a Paris-based applied cryptography consulting office that offers security audits, cryptographic protocol design and formal verification services. Symbolic Software has completed and delivered over 250 software and cryptographic audits for clients all around the world.

Nadim is also the author of Verifpal, an automated cryptographic protocol modeling, analysis and verification framework used by Zoom, Bosch Research, Google and other large companies. Nadim holds a PhD in applied cryptography from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, and previously served as a professor at New York University.

All Sessions by Nadim Kobeissi

Main Hall
10:45

Private Devices No Longer Private: The Broader Implications of Apple’s Content Scanning Push

10:45 - 11:15

In August, 2021, Apple Inc. announced new technological measures meant to apply across virtually all of its devices under the umbrella of “Expanded Protections for Children”. While child exploitation is a serious problem, and while efforts to combat it are almost unquestionably well-intentioned, Apple's proposal introduces a backdoor that threatens to undermine fundamental privacy protections for all users of Apple products. This presentation will explain the technical and political implications behind Apple’s proposal; if you think that opponents to the proposal are making a big deal out of nothing, you should watch this talk.

Nadim Kobeissi

All Sessions by Nadim Kobeissi

Main Hall

Private Devices No Longer Private: The Broader Implications of Apple’s Content Scanning Push

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