The call for papers for this year’s E-Vote-ID is published. Submissions can be made to five different tracks. Submission deadline for the tracks “Security, Usability and Technical Issues” (Track 1) and “Governance Issues” (Track 2) is May, 15, 2026. Submission deadline for the PhD Colloquium (Track 5) and the track “Election and Practical Experiences” (Track 3) is July, 10, 2026. Poster and demos (Track 4) can be submitted until September 15, 2026. One of E-Vote-ID's major objectives is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues related to electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners, and Internet voting). Melanie Volkamer supports the conference as General Chair together with David Duenas-Cid, Kozminski University Polen, and Peter Rønne, Universität Luxemburg. The conference will take place from October 6 - 9, 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia.

Tomorrow, February 10, is Safer Internet Day! Since 2004, this day has been used once a year to raise awareness about internet security. We are taking this day, as well as the following weeks, as an opportunity to introduce you to our NoPhish card game. It teaches you how to better recognize phishing in a fun way. As part of a study in our lab, we want to test with you how well it works. You can register via the online portal “Wir forschen digital”, and participants will receive €20. We look forward to receiving lots of registrations!

The "Pausing healthy" app motivates users to incorporate targeted exercise breaks into their work day. Users can decide individually when and how long the break should be and which exercises they want to do. The exercises come from the "Aktivpause" program at KIT and were compiled by scientists at the Institute of Sport and Sports Science at KIT. The “Pausing Healthy" app was developed by SECUSO and is part of the Privacy Friendly App family. As such, the app is now also available on FDroid.

We have released a new version of the Privacy Friendly ToDo list and the Battleship app! A dark mode and new icons for ships and hits have been implemented for the Battleship app. In addition, further translations have been added and minor bugs have been fixed. For the To-Do List app, weekdays have been added for recurring tasks, and the urgency of a task is now indicated by color in the calendar. In addition, a bug has been fixed where repeating tasks were automatically displayed as completed as soon as the task was marked as completed once. Translations have also been added for the ToDo list app, and other minor bugs have been fixed. In contrast to the Battleship app, the PFA Notes app is currently maintained and further developed by external parties as part of the PFA supporter program. Since June 2025, the Privacy Friendly Apps are only available in the FDroid Store.