[Cryptography] client certificates / client-side proxy

[Ben Laurie]

On 28 May 2014 16:22, Guido Witmond <guido at witmond.nl> wrote:
> On 05/28/14 01:40, John Gilmore wrote:
>> This is not a recipe for either
>> good UI design nor end-to-end security.
>
> Don't worry, it's just a prototype. The proxy is to get a clean slate in
> crypto and key management, independent of the browser. In fact, if it
> works well, it could be implemented in a browser plug in as well as a
> stand-alone library for mobile apps.
>
> The goal is to show how it can solve the problems we currently face in
> internet security, such as password management, phishing, privacy,
> anonymity.

I despair. The one problem we face is good UI design. Obviously the
crypto works.