Hush Line

Hush Line: The Open-Source Platform for Anonymous Whistleblowing

Hush Line: The Open-Source Platform for Anonymous Whistleblowing October 2025: European Cybersecurity Month October 1 marked the start of European Cybersecurity Month, an annual awareness campaign that offers practical guidance to EU citizens on how to stay safe online. The campaign is coordinated by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Commission, with support from EU member states and hundreds of partners across Europe and beyond. This year’s theme is particularly relevant: combating phishing and social engineering. Currently, 60% of cyberattacks start with phishing, an attempt to steal information or gain access to systems through deceptive messages or fraudulent websites. The campaign’s motto, “Cybersecurity is a Shared Responsibility,” emphasizes a fundamental concept: cybersecurity is a collective responsibility. ...

2 October 2025 Â· 10 min Â· NicFab
Credits Adobe

Web Key Directory (WKD): Automatic E-mail Encryption with Your Domain Name

Web Key Directory: the technology that every email domain should adopt to ensure the authenticity and security of communications - TL;DR Why Encryption Is the Foundation of Digital Privacy Encryption is the technology that transforms readable information into incomprehensible code for anyone without the decryption key. It’s what protects banking transactions, government communications, and healthcare data. In the context of the European GDPR, strong encryption also enables the transfer of personal data outside the EU: when data is properly encrypted, individuals are no longer identifiable, simplifying regulatory compliance for international communications. Yet, paradoxically, the world’s most used communication technology – email – remains largely unencrypted, exposing billions of daily messages to potential interception. This article explores how the protocol Web Key Directory (WKD) finally solves this paradox, making email encryption simple and automatic: just as we now visit secure websites (HTTPS) without doing anything special, with WKD emails are also encrypted automatically without any user intervention. ...

27 September 2025 Â· 36 min Â· NicFab
email

Summary of contributions published over the past year and considerations of new challenges

A summary of our publishing activities

12 December 2022 Â· 14 min Â· NicFab
email

Small tips for the proper use of the e-mail

By using a few cautions, mistakes can be avoided

4 December 2022 Â· 9 min Â· NicFab
PrivacyCom

Privacy in email communication: we should use encryption by default

Awareness of the confidentiality of correspondence and securing the content of messages through encryption

1 March 2022 Â· 8 min Â· NicFab
Mat2

Mat2: enhance your privacy by deleting metadata from files

Files’ Metadata might contain personal information, and you can get rid of it by the powerful tool Mat2

3 January 2022 Â· 7 min Â· NicFab
Matrix Protocol

Matrix: the protocol for secure communication that respects privacy

The Matrix Protocol allows you to realize secure communication and respect privacy.

28 December 2021 Â· 14 min Â· NicFab