Brave is a browser that increases speeds since it blocks ads and trackers. It was created by former Mozilla CEO Brenden Eich. It has new features that use blockchain based digital advertising called Basic Action Tokin (BAT). BAT will reduce fraud and privacy violations while increasing publisher revenue. Users gain both the benefit of increased online security and speed of online browsing.
SPICE Professor Steven Myers is a leader in cryptographic research. He has written tens of papers, led panels, and given invited talks in fields ranging from Cryptography and Computer Security to Distributed Systems and Probabilistic Combinatorics. With research grants from NSF and DARPA, his work at SPICE has been a vital part of our cryptographic offerings. In addition to teaching, he co-edited the book ‘Phishing & Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft’ with Markus Jakobsson (Wiley Press, 2007), the first and still only comprehensive academic text dealing with the subject of Phishing.
IU is a world leader in cryptography and online information security research. This month’s awarding of two NSF cryptography grants to fellow Professor Ryan Henry is reflective of SPICE’s trusted role in improving the world of online internet security.