Pickford Film Center Bellingham, WA
Scott Wehrwein
Associate Professor, Computer Science department at Western Washington University
BlackBerry— Cracking the code: How private are our text messages?
Program Description
WWU’s Scott Wehrwein will unlock the conversation around encrypted texting. We’ll explore the critical role encryption plays in protecting our digital communications. From BlackBerry’s pioneering encrypted messages to the modern challenges of secure texting, this discussion will crack open how privacy is handled in today’s tech-driven world.
Presented At
Pickford Film Center Bellingham, WA
Film Synopsis
The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.
A company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.
Photo credit: IFC Films
About the Speaker
Scott Wehrwein is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at Western Washington University. His research interests are in computer vision, machine learning, and computer graphics, with a focus on understanding motion and dynamics in video. Before joining Western in 2018, Scott obtained a Ph.D. and M.S. from Cornell University and a B.A. from Middlebury College.