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The Gig Economy
“But it is my firm conviction that the ‘Hell of England’ will cease to be that of ‘not making money;’ that we shall get a nobler Hell and a nobler Heaven!” — Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present. By Zero HP Lovecraft.
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Upgrade Your SSH Key to Ed25519
When is the last time you created your SSH key? If you’re still using RSA with key-size less than 2048 bits long, It’s time for an upgrade!
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Self-taught Belgian bloke cracks crypto conundrum that was supposed to be uncrackable until 2034
A cryptographic puzzle proposed two decades ago that involves roughly 80 trillion squarings has been cracked much earlier than expected – in just three and a half years. We say cryptographic because it involves a verifiable delay function [PDF], a moderately hard cryptographic function. The conundrum was set by Ronald Rivest in 1999, the R in RSA and a computer science professor at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL). Here's how he described the problem:
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Microsoft Wants to Protect Your Identity With Bitcoin
Microsoft announced plans to use the bitcoin blockchain to create a "digital identity" that could be used to access sites and apps across the internet.
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Germany demands an end to working cryptography
Making it possible for the state to open your locks in secret means that anyone who works for the state, or anyone who can bribe or coerce anyone who works for the state, can have the run of your life. By Cory Doctorow.
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The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak
The personal papers of one of World War II’s earliest historians reveals an obsession with how Nazis distorted the German language.
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Randomness theory could hold key to internet security
Is there an unbreakable code? The question has been central to cryptography for thousands of years, and lies at the heart of efforts to secure private information on the internet. In a new paper, Cornell Tech researchers identified a problem that holds the key to whether all encryption can be broken—as well as a surprising connection to a mathematical concept that aims to define and measure randomness.
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Flaws Could Have Exposed Cryptocurrency Exchanges to Hackers
Researchers found troubling bugs in open-source libraries used by financial institutions.
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Revolutionary Quantum Cryptography Breakthrough Paves Way for Safer Online Communication
The world is one step closer to having a totally secure internet and an answer to the growing threat of cyber-attacks, thanks to a team of international scientists who have created a unique prototype that could transform how we communicate online.
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The Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet Secure
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Marine archaeologists catch a break on the bottom of the Baltic Sea: A 75-year-old Enigma Machine
Attempting to save aquatic life trapped in old fishing nets, divers uncover a hidden treasure
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The Solution of the Zodiac Killer’s 340-Character Cipher
See how Mathematica was used to solve one of the cryptograms sent in a letter by the Zodiac Killer.
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Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen – but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround
Within a decade, quantum computers are expected to be able to hack into cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses, and yes, bitcoin wallets.
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Cryptographers are not happy with how you’re using the word ‘crypto’
Los Angeles’s renamed Crypto.com Arena is good news for cryptocurrency fanatics but strikes a blow against the word’s original meaning
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Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
The cache of letters sheds new light on Mary Stuart's years of captivity in England.
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Someone finally cracked the “Silk Dress cryptogram” after 10 years
What does "Bismarck Omit leafage buck bank" mean to you?
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