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Creating sexually explicit deepfakes to become a criminal offence | BBC News
I wonder if they will focus on the output or the technology? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68823042
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There are fewer than 2^273 atoms (i.e. a 273 bit number) in the universe; but if your ECDSA crypto algorithm demands 521 bits of random data yet you supply a mere 512 bits…
Numbers in cryptography are far beyond “astronomical” but it’s still so easy to make a mess by trying to shortcut them. It appears (?) that the PuTTY SSH client short-changed the ECDSA signature algorithm by 9 bits of entropy (viz: it reduced the desired random, entropic space to 1/512th of its expected size — aaaaand
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the cryptopals crypto challenges
prompted to reshare via thomas: This is a different way to learn about crypto than taking a class or reading a book. We give you problems to solve. They’re derived from weaknesses in real-world systems and modern cryptographic constructions. We give you enough info to learn about the underlying crypto concepts yourself. When you’re finished,
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I’ve been to Marugame Udon in Reading twice in the past month, both times with the toddler, and it’s been fantastic; then I wondered…
I’m a big fan of big noodles, and Marugame hits the spot even for my nearly-3yo whose idea of perfection is Udon with a hint of butter. And I wondered: what British chain is popular “at home” and yet could fly a flag around the world? And then I realised: it would be Wetherspoons.
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Why the Short-Lived Calvin and Hobbes Is Still One of the Most Beloved & Influential Comic Strips | Open Culture
If you are fortunate enough to be young enough to have not encountered Calvin and Hobbes yet, I firmly recommend it: https://www.openculture.com/2024/04/why-the-short-lived-calvin-and-hobbes-is-still-one-of-the-most-beloved-and-influential-comic-strips.html
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This weekend has largely been carpet installation…
…Which has been a great success but now I have a stinking headache from the tack glue solvent.
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Digital Waco, Digital Jonestown?
For years the infosec community has languished under regular excitable and excited claims that we imminently face “Digital Pearl Harbor” — a surprise cyber-offensive that will decapitate either of: What’s far more likely in this era of burgeoning fragmentation and federation is that one or more online communities will ideologically isolate themselves — e.g. for
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Threads and the Fediverse – A Smarter Battle Plan to Protect the Open Social Web | Tim Chambers @timothyjchambers
From 2023: a good little essay on the myths of pre-emptive defederation as protection from big scary data-monsters: https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/23/project-and-the.html
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2020: NSA’s Cybersecurity Perspective on Post-Quantum [Lattice] Cryptography Algorithms
This aged well… :popcorn: We agree with the NIST assessment, documented in NISTIR 8309: Status Report on the Second Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process, that these are among the most efficient post-quantum designs. Based on their history of analysis and implementation efforts, NSA CSD expects that a NIST-candidate lattice-based signature and a
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Instagram DMs launch privacy-friendly nude detection, education, and metadata-based reporting
Breaking News from Instagram: this is how to approach teen safety and work towards reducing non-consensual intimate image abuse “at source” whilst also using an architecture which also can work under end-to-end encryption: smarter client software and “nudging” the user towards considering the risks, whilst also sharing and aggregating actionable metadata surrounding reports: New Tools
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Why Jesus Never Ate a Banana | Gastro Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/food-origins-map
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If you work around Content Moderation or AI Safety and for once you want (for once) to hear something funny, try this episode of this podcast
Dial F for Football: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-uerbg-1e23ecc6 It’s like RadioActive meets The Day Today meets BBC Radio 5 Live Sport