awesome-secure-messaging

on fundamental tradeoff for anonymous communication protocols

another overview of anonymous communication systems by George Danezis

extension of the Ricochet protocol that provides asynchronous, offline and multi-party metadata resistant messaging

notes by George Danezis on properties, threat models, systems & attacks

meta-list of selected papers in anonymity since 1977

paper on secure and compact message format for mix networks

in-person key agreement protocol to establish a shared secret

two-party asynchronous key agreement protocol

data synchronisation protocol for delay-tolerant networks

transport layer security protocol for delay-tolerant networks, provides secure channel between two endpoints

two-party protocol to exchange encrypted messages based on shared key

IETF draft of security layer for group messaging applications with a large number of participants

Asynchronous Group Messaging with Strong Security Guarantees using Asynchronous Ratcheting Trees

efficient way of establishing shared key for large groups with asynchronous group modification perations; proposal for Messaging Layer Security protocol (MLS); similar to Asynchronous Ratcheting Trees (ART) and an evolution thereof

messaging app employing several censorship-resitance techniques, like direct device-to-device comms (bluetooth, wifi), Tor routing

widely used security-based messaging app with intermediate server and phone based registration, includes voice calls

academic paper that outlines ways to provide coercion-resistance for electronic voting

paper on coercion resistance and trusted setup requirement

on problems of user generated keys and electronic voting

specification initiative to allow applications being used as transports to make network traffic harder to distinguish and block, origins in Tor

meta-list of papers on censorship and resistance thereof

lightning talk about how to write a pluggable transport for Tor

session management for async and-multi device setting

evaluation of current secure messaging solutions based on security, usability and adoption

presentation by George Danezis that tells the story of privacy as security, informational self-determination