The joke is that you have a software security problem, you use cryptography to solve it, now you have two problems: a software security problem and a key management problem.

This looks so neat that I’m tempted to just invent a use case for it

iCloud syncing is one of the great mysteries of the world. Wouldn’t mind a “sync now” button.

Interesting, I see mostly politics around here, with some tech.

I remember an incredulous colleague a decade+ ago saying how silly it was for me as a marketer to have an ad blocker. I explained that I blocked ads because as a marketer, I - more than anyone - KNOW THAT ADS WORK. Yes, I intellectually know the tricks. AND THEY STILL WORK ON ME.

I would say that anyone that uses the world “crypto” as a synonym for magic and makes statements like “just a few thousand lines of code”, doesn’t understand computers either.

Interestingly this blog from 2016 comes to a different conclusion,. If I read it correctly.

shipilev.net/blog/2016/ar...

Wonder what has changed in between.

Yes, the only feature I want is to see posts, by the people I follow, in chronological order. Nothing else.

Anyway, if any department is interested in a TT colleague who can & has taught ancient, medieval & early modern, along with mil-hist (all times, all places, apparently), has an Oxford University Press book contract, multiple articles & a large, self-funding public presence...y'know, lemmie know. 🤷‍♂️