Rowen is a senior software engineer at Freedom of the Press Foundation and one of the maintainers of the SecureDrop project. They have worked within the internet freedom community as a software developer and as a digital security trainer on projects spanning circumvention technology, privacy, digital safety for at-risk communities, and free expression.
Verifiable browser code is on the critical path for a redesigned version of SecureDrop and will benefit the wider browser security ecosystem as a whole. We introduce Web-based Code Assurance and Transparency, or WEBCAT, a code integrity mechanism for single-page browser applications.Read more on the SecureDrop blog or check …
What is the basis for trusting the code that performs browser-based encryption? To read more about a problem that is legally old enough for a learner’s permit in several U.S. states, read the full article here.