The zero-knowledge space is rapidly gaining traction as privacy becomes a critical concern due to the daily news of data breaches that expose personal information to malicious actors. With the exponential growth of data collection and the increasing reliance on cloud services and decentralized technologies, individuals and organizations are seeking
Human-centered design is one of the key approaches Least Authority adopts alongside security- and privacy-by-design. Our human-centered design process involves building an understanding of user needs and experiences, while using those learnings to shape design and development goals and iterations. The case studies below provide examples of this approach. The
The following document is an extract from Magic Crystal, which describes how to leverage social secret sharing with Dark Crystal using Magic Wormhole for identity-less transport without using any Public Key Infrastructure. The document also includes a protocol design for developers wanting to integrate this feature into their application. It
Least Authority is pleased to announce the launch of Destiny, a free end-to-end encrypted application that allows you to transfer files without revealing your identity. The desktop app Mac, Windows, Linux is available for download via Github. The app for iOS/iPad OS is available via the App Store. The app
Privy To is a series of immersive installations and XR projects first conceived in 2019 and created by Michelle Leddon, with the help of producers Julia Scott-Stevenson and co-sponsored by Least Authority. It was an official selection at the Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival 2021. In a recent Medium piece titled
Least Authority is launching the HRO Cloud to offer a secure file storage system to human rights organizations that cannot or do not want to host and maintain their own storage servers. Digital files—such as photographs, recordings, written accounts, planning documents, and databases—are invaluable resources to the work of human
This summer, Least Authority has been wrapping up our project funded by the Open Technology Fund (OTF) to make Tahoe-LAFS a more usable tool for human rights organizations. (Read about the background on this project in our earlier post.) While secure file storage is a necessity for most everyone, human
The Problem Sending a file from one computer to another is common and should be simple, but it can be surprisingly complicated, even in 2020. This simple-yet-complicated user story is illustrated in xkcd comic #949. How should you send a file from your computer to someone else’s computer? What security