Privacy and Security

This internship will be focused on privacy and security, and it's funded thanks to our donors to the privacy and security campaign. Thanks to you all!

Those interested in apply, please read the information about our application requirements and advice in addition to reviewing the projects on this page.

Accepted projects and interns

• USB Protection (mentor: TobiasMueller) (intern: LudovicoDeNittis)

• Brief explanation: Protect against attacks via USB using USBGuard.

• Details: More information and implementation ideas

• Requirements: C, glib platform, security knowledge.

• Communication: muelli at #gnome-hackers channel

Proposed Projects

• Credentials Management (mentor: TobiasMueller)

• Brief explanation: Provide an app for managing passwords and other credentials

• Details: Passwords and Keys (and older design)

• Requirements: vala, C, glib platform, security knowledge.

• Communication: muelli at #gnome-hackers channel

• PipeWire portal system (mentor: WimTaymans)

• Brief explanation: Starting PipeWire session through a new portal API.

• Requirements: C, GDBus
• Communication: wtay at #pipewire

• Private Session (mentor: BenjaminBerg, ChristianKellner)

• Brief explanation: Allow users to log into an ephemeral session

• Details: More information and implementation ideas

• Requirements: C, GLib, platform knowledge (logind, GDM, namespaces).

• Communication: benzea, gicmo at #gnome-hackers

• Crypto Hardware Enablement (mentor: ChristianKellner, and Others)

• Brief explanation: Make modern crypto hardware like TPM easy to use

• Details: More information

• Requirements: C, GLib, Crypto HW

• Communication: gicmo at #gnome-hackers

• Location aware policies & security (mentor: ChristianKellner, and Others)

• Brief explanation: Use the current location (home/office/public/conference) to adjust security policies

• Details: More information

• Requirements: C, GLib

• Communication: gicmo at #gnome-hackers