10 episodes

Every 2 weeks, Conor Gilsenan hosts a conversation with creators, researchers, founders, and advocates who are working to improve the usability of security and privacy technologies.

Guests share what they are currently working on, how they got to where they are today, who they are trying to help, and what keeps them motivated to overcome challenges along the way.

The goal is for the rest of us to learn from their experiences and go on to promote usable security and privacy within our own projects and organizations.

The All Things Auth Podcast Conor Gilsenan

    • Technology
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

Every 2 weeks, Conor Gilsenan hosts a conversation with creators, researchers, founders, and advocates who are working to improve the usability of security and privacy technologies.

Guests share what they are currently working on, how they got to where they are today, who they are trying to help, and what keeps them motivated to overcome challenges along the way.

The goal is for the rest of us to learn from their experiences and go on to promote usable security and privacy within our own projects and organizations.

    #010 - Making Open-Source Software Usable with Ashley Fowler of USABLE.tools

    #010 - Making Open-Source Software Usable with Ashley Fowler of USABLE.tools

    When at-risk communities around the world have a voice in the design and development of open-source security and privacy tools, they get more usable! Ashley explains how the USABLE project facilitates this mission.

    • 49 min
    #009 - How to be an #MFAally with Tanya Janca of Microsoft

    #009 - How to be an #MFAally with Tanya Janca of Microsoft

    Ever tweeted at a company? Did they reply? Tanya tweeted so consistently that she got a phone call...from her bank! Tanya and I break down passwords and multi-factor authentication, the bread and butter of security that many folks still don't get right.

    • 48 min
    #008 - Secured by Math, Designed for People with Pilar García of 1Password

    #008 - Secured by Math, Designed for People with Pilar García of 1Password

    Want to earn $100k for reading some bad poetry? Break into a 1Password Vault and it could all be yours! Pilar explains how 1Password is built around the core principles of privacy by design, cryptography, usability, and openness.

    • 58 min
    #007 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 2

    #007 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 2

    A series of interviews with researchers from the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) on deleting your data from websites, updated expert advice, why your brain actually ignores notifications, usability of password managers, and 2FA on Fortnite.

    • 43 min
    #006 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 1

    #006 - SOUPS 2019 - Part 1

    SOUPS is the conference to be at for usable security and privacy research. Listen to a series of interviews on everything from passwords and 2FA to abusing GDPR and unintended consequences of the auto-fill capability on iOS.

    • 40 min
    #005 - Grading How Companies (In)Securely Store Passwords with Michal Špaček of Password Storage

    #005 - Grading How Companies (In)Securely Store Passwords with Michal Špaček of Password Storage

    Does your website store account passwords correctly? Would you tell everyone on the internet how you do it? Michal Špaček explains why you should and how to get an A+ grade from the Password Storage project.

    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

JordyLou27 ,

Informative and interesting perspectives

Great podcast that provides a deep dive on security and privacy related topics, delving into the practical challenges that businesses face and providing discussion on the tools and solutions that are being developed to meet these challenges.

Dylnananana ,

MUST listen

Well-researched topic by a leader in this category

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Worth a listen

Very informative

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