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Passkeys and Security Key Shopping Guide

Wed 03 January 2024 Nils Amiet

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User authentication has long been relying on passwords. However, passwords come with a ton of problems. They're hard to remember, they can be reused across websites and services and are sensitive to phishing and data leaks. Also, password policies are a major pain point for users.

Password managers solve the …


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New blog layout

Mon 18 December 2023 Nils Amiet

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You may have noticed that the blog's visual look changed. I spent some time upgrading its looks and built a new Pelican theme based on Tabler. I love Tabler. I have used it to build a prototype recently. It just looks good by default and it comes with a ton …


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2022 research

Sun 30 October 2022 Nils Amiet

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By the end of this year, I will have given four talks this year.

I did some research on GnuPG (GPG) memory forensics with my colleague Sylvain Pelissier and presented that research at Nullcon Berlin 2022 in April, and then at SSTIC2022 in June.

I also did some research on …


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Virtual talks

Sat 04 September 2021 Nils Amiet

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I gave two talks, lately. One was about replacing passwords with FIDO2 password authentication at Pass the SALT 2020.

I gave the other one with my colleague Tommmaso. It was about an open source Oblivious RAM filesystem prototype I wrote in Rust, called oramfs.


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BlackAlps19 Blockchain vulnerabilities and exploitation in practice workshop

Thu 07 November 2019 Nils Amiet

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I gave a 3-hour workshop about blockchain vulnerabilities and exploitation in practice at BlackAlps19 in Yverdon, Switzerland today.

Here are the slides: blackalps19-blockchain-workshop.pdf


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