Utveckling av en krypterad chattapplikation : Analysering av användarbehov och säkerhet
Sammanfattning: Today, it appears that information leaks and security breaches are common occurrences. The authors of this project consider security and privacy to be a very vital part regarding technical concepts, something that is being looked past way too much. The authors have in earlier courses during their studies at Mid Sweden University taken part of studies that shows that the average users want to protect their information, but at the same time, has trouble understanding how products handle said information. This led the authors of this report to develop an encrypted application with a user's privacy and ease of understanding in mind. The user should understand that their information is safe and why it is safe. The purpose of the project was to build a chat application with security of sent messages, minimal data collection and ease of use as top priorities. The goals of the project include together with the principles mentioned earlier that users with an interest should have security information easily available, messages should be cryptographically secure and that replacement of a user’s keys should be an easy process. During the project two iterations of user tests were done to ensure that the application was as easy to use as possible. The results of these tests are used to get insight into users' understanding and interest in information related to message encryption. The results are also used to reach a conclusion to whether the goals of the project have been reached. The results of the user tests point to users not caring a lot about the availability of information about used encryption methods, however the users that had an interest for this found the available information relatively easy to understand. After changes based on the feedback from the first iteration of user tests, most users found the application easy to use and intuitive. To compare security of sent messages comparisons are done with leading applications in encrypted communication, these applications include WhatsApp, Viber and Facebook Messenger.
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