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08 January 2016, 0 Comments

Lessons learned from our crowdfunding campaign

Our crowdfunding campaign is now over and we are pleased to announce that we raised €25,000. A round of applause goes to the 187 supporters who made this possible! The project is on track and we plan to ship the final Nitrokey Storage devices at 2nd May 2016.

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26 December 2015, 4 Comments

Video - What is Free Software And Open Source?

Volker Grassmuck, Juergen Neumann, Mario Behling and Frederik Kramer explain Free Software and Open Source, their differences and their importance for security, the movement and for the industry.

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22 December 2015, 1 Comment

Why Nitrokey Is More Secure Than Password-Protected Key Files

An ordinary key file (e.g. GnuPG key ring) can be stolen if your computer is lost or compromised. Using a strong (and usually difficult to remember) password can help unless your computer is infected with a keylogger or if the attacker discovers your password through other means. Nitrokey protects your private keys from being stolen in both instances.

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18 December 2015, 0 Comments

Crowdfunding Update and Brand New Prototype of Nitrokey Storage

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14 December 2015, 0 Comments

Video: What is Free Software and Open Source?

Several interviews with experts in free software and open source: Jürgen Neumann (Freifunk.net, Open Hardware Initiative), Volker Grassmuck (author of "Freie Software"), Mario Behling (FOSSASIA, OpenTechSummit), Frederik Kramer (CEO initOS).

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11 December 2015, 0 Comments

Passwords Are Dead - Long Live the Latchkey

It is common knowledge that passwords will not survive the 21st century, due to their inherent weaknesses (Forbes, Wired, CNET).

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07 December 2015, 12 Comments

How Nitrokey's Firmware is Protected Against BadUSB and NSA

You may have heard about BadUSB which is an attack on ordinary USB thumbdrives. The attack exploits the fact that the firmware of ordinary USB devices may not be protected and can be reprogrammed (or “flashed") without any protection. This allows the attacker to infect a USB device by flashing malicious firmware.

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03 December 2015, 0 Comments

Video - Production of the Nitrokey

Are you curious how Nitrokeys are produced? Did you ever wonder why Nitrokeys are produced in Germany instead of Asia? Our manufacturer answers these and other interesting topics in a video interview (German with English subtitles) which we publish as part of our ongoing crowdfunding campaign. If you enjoy the video, please support our campaign for the new Nitrokey Storage.

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23 November 2015, 2 Comments

New Nitrokey HSM Supports n-of-m Threshold Scheme and Sophisticated Key Management

The first revision of the Nitrokey HSM introduces several sophisticated key management features:

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20 November 2015, 0 Comments

Two days of Crowdfunding the Nitrokey Storage

Our Crowdfunding Campaign for the Nitrokey Storage has been started two days ago. What did we achieve so far? We collected almost €7,000 which is 11% of the funding goal of €60,000 already. A big thank you to all contributors! I'm especially proud that three well known activists tweeted about our campaign:

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