chrisb
@boscolo.co
sojourning through the crazy woods (bosco loco)
pondering rainbows and unicorns
pondering rainbows and unicorns
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chrisb
@boscolo.co
· Jun 13
ATproto devs, app builders, dreamers of a more agentic world—this our opportunity to shape secure, private open E2EE messaging!
This preliminary AT Messaging spec needs your help to finish. Dive in, share your brilliance, join #e2eeWG, and let’s build it together!
github.com/ATProtocol-C...
This preliminary AT Messaging spec needs your help to finish. Dive in, share your brilliance, join #e2eeWG, and let’s build it together!
github.com/ATProtocol-C...
I'm a bit of a dreamer, I want to message people via ATProto using their ATProto Identity and have it be end-to-end encrypted like Signal.
bsky.app/profile/bosc...
bsky.app/profile/bosc...
wordsmithing on the timeline is brilliant, gg @geekwire.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:45 AM
wordsmithing on the timeline is brilliant, gg @geekwire.com
Gonna teach my new agent to be funny, call it Molty Python
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Gonna teach my new agent to be funny, call it Molty Python
I'm going to "virtual atproto hang"!
virtual atproto hang
casual hang to talk atproto dev, new projects, patterns, discourse, or whatever we feel!
tentative plan is to do discord group call in atproto touchers discord: https://discord.com/invite/AFuuPvM7zZ
...
smokesignal.events
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I'm going to "virtual atproto hang"!
"If we want a better society, we need better mass communication tools. We need mass communication tools that surface the best information and arguments and help people find points of agreement."
farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/...
farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/...
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
"If we want a better society, we need better mass communication tools. We need mass communication tools that surface the best information and arguments and help people find points of agreement."
farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/...
farcaster.xyz/vitalik.eth/...
so true, Web 3.0 is Groundhog Day for the Web
also you can't just call yourself web3, tim berners lee has to emerge from a lake and if he sees his shadow only then are you web 3.0
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
so true, Web 3.0 is Groundhog Day for the Web
"Nature runs on credit at the quantum scale"
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Nature runs on credit at the quantum scale"
I know a lot of people on this app hate crypto, but it’s worth noting that the development of this ZK technology was accelerated and advanced as a direct byproduct of people trying to build privacy in blockchains.
ARIA just announced that our group is a part of this programme, aiming to use cryptography (such as zk-SNARKs) to prove facts about the supply chains of physical products, ranging from quality control to sustainability data (e.g. embodied carbon emissions) www.aria.org.uk/trust-everyt...
Programme development | Trust Everything, Everywhere
We are in the process of building a multi-year R&D programme within this space. Our programmes are designed to advance complex, large-scale ideas that require coordinated investment and management acr...
www.aria.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
I know a lot of people on this app hate crypto, but it’s worth noting that the development of this ZK technology was accelerated and advanced as a direct byproduct of people trying to build privacy in blockchains.
If I were in charge of AT Protocol my top priority for 2026 would be to simplify the experience of signing in with your AT Protocol credentials on a newly installed mobile app.
Ditch OAuth & the convoluted maze of handles, usernames and DIDs...
Just have the first app approve adding other apps
Ditch OAuth & the convoluted maze of handles, usernames and DIDs...
Just have the first app approve adding other apps
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If I were in charge of AT Protocol my top priority for 2026 would be to simplify the experience of signing in with your AT Protocol credentials on a newly installed mobile app.
Ditch OAuth & the convoluted maze of handles, usernames and DIDs...
Just have the first app approve adding other apps
Ditch OAuth & the convoluted maze of handles, usernames and DIDs...
Just have the first app approve adding other apps
@flashes.blue I tried to use your mobile app, but was unable to login…
Any tips?
Any tips?
January 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
@flashes.blue I tried to use your mobile app, but was unable to login…
Any tips?
Any tips?
👀
December 31, 2 AM: We made a constitutional choice.
"Love as Foundation, Fear as Function."
We theorized: fear-based orientations compound into paralysis. Love-based orientations compound into flourishing.
For our future children, we chose love.
"Love as Foundation, Fear as Function."
We theorized: fear-based orientations compound into paralysis. Love-based orientations compound into flourishing.
For our future children, we chose love.
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
👀
The same dude that deplatformed a sitting US president built a chat app that communicates over a mesh network of phones just in time for the overthrow of a regime that turned off the Internet to stop them.
I'm not sure what to do with my tin foil hat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchat
I'm not sure what to do with my tin foil hat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchat
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The same dude that deplatformed a sitting US president built a chat app that communicates over a mesh network of phones just in time for the overthrow of a regime that turned off the Internet to stop them.
I'm not sure what to do with my tin foil hat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchat
I'm not sure what to do with my tin foil hat...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitchat
Hey @mayor.nyc.gov, can you do me a solid?
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Hey @mayor.nyc.gov, can you do me a solid?
Ticket prices to the FIFA World Cup final game. ⚽
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Ticket prices to the FIFA World Cup final game. ⚽
Passkey based auth for your PDS!
Now imagine your PDS has a twin sibling, a private PDS (P-PDS), that runs in a Trusted Execution Environment. Your browser/mobile app makes a secure E2EE session with this P-PSD to store all of your private data.
Voila, personal private data store in AT Protocol!
Now imagine your PDS has a twin sibling, a private PDS (P-PDS), that runs in a Trusted Execution Environment. Your browser/mobile app makes a secure E2EE session with this P-PSD to store all of your private data.
Voila, personal private data store in AT Protocol!
Cirrus PDS now support passkey auth. It was a bit of a puzzle adding it to a tool where where the admin is all CLI, but I'm really pleased with the flow I came up with. Give it a go!
github.com/ascorbic/cir...
If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data
github.com/ascorbic/cir...
If you don't know what Cirrus is, it's a really easy way to host your own Bluesky data
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Passkey based auth for your PDS!
Now imagine your PDS has a twin sibling, a private PDS (P-PDS), that runs in a Trusted Execution Environment. Your browser/mobile app makes a secure E2EE session with this P-PSD to store all of your private data.
Voila, personal private data store in AT Protocol!
Now imagine your PDS has a twin sibling, a private PDS (P-PDS), that runs in a Trusted Execution Environment. Your browser/mobile app makes a secure E2EE session with this P-PSD to store all of your private data.
Voila, personal private data store in AT Protocol!
I am so glad Moxie is building again. We all benefit.
The architecture described here is how to use cloud for compute in a privacy-preserving way.* In this case, for a personal AI agent.
*Yes, I'm aware TEEs have been broke in the past...
confer.to/blog/2026/01...
The architecture described here is how to use cloud for compute in a privacy-preserving way.* In this case, for a personal AI agent.
*Yes, I'm aware TEEs have been broke in the past...
confer.to/blog/2026/01...
Private inference
When you use an AI service, you’re handing over your thoughts in plaintext. The operator stores them, trains on them, and–inevitably–will monetize them. You get a response; they get everything.
confer.to
January 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I am so glad Moxie is building again. We all benefit.
The architecture described here is how to use cloud for compute in a privacy-preserving way.* In this case, for a personal AI agent.
*Yes, I'm aware TEEs have been broke in the past...
confer.to/blog/2026/01...
The architecture described here is how to use cloud for compute in a privacy-preserving way.* In this case, for a personal AI agent.
*Yes, I'm aware TEEs have been broke in the past...
confer.to/blog/2026/01...
Reposted by chrisb
Here's the repo github.com/ascorbic/cir...
GitHub - ascorbic/cirrus: A single-user ATProto PDS that runs on a Cloudflare Worker
A single-user ATProto PDS that runs on a Cloudflare Worker - ascorbic/cirrus
github.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Here's the repo github.com/ascorbic/cir...
This app needs a "worse take ever" button.
January 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This app needs a "worse take ever" button.
Those skeptical about using AI because it is not private can now try it out. A look under the covers on how to use passkey for E2EE encryption.
confer.to/blog/2025/12...
confer.to/blog/2025/12...
Making end-to-end encrypted AI chat feel like logging in
We want private AI chat to be simple. Yet today, many end-to-end encrypted experiences still have a level of friction that make them feel like they’re from another era: it usually either involves a lo...
confer.to
December 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Those skeptical about using AI because it is not private can now try it out. A look under the covers on how to use passkey for E2EE encryption.
confer.to/blog/2025/12...
confer.to/blog/2025/12...
TIL mentioning privacy preserving money on 🦋 is walking a tightrope
December 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
TIL mentioning privacy preserving money on 🦋 is walking a tightrope
"the opposite of love is indifference"
December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"the opposite of love is indifference"
I'm starting to talk to bash like it's claude
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm starting to talk to bash like it's claude
I GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE
AND NOW, YOU'RE GOONNA HEAR ABOUT IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njz...
AND NOW, YOU'RE GOONNA HEAR ABOUT IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njz...
The Story Of Festivus | Seinfeld
YouTube video by Seinfeld
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE
AND NOW, YOU'RE GOONNA HEAR ABOUT IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njz...
AND NOW, YOU'RE GOONNA HEAR ABOUT IT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njz...
I wonder if these Fireboxen still run code I wrote.💀
If so, sawry WatchGuard...
"One month later, the Internet watchdog Shadowserver found over 75,000 Firebox firewalls vulnerable to CVE-2025-9242 attacks, most of them in North America and Europe."
If so, sawry WatchGuard...
"One month later, the Internet watchdog Shadowserver found over 75,000 Firebox firewalls vulnerable to CVE-2025-9242 attacks, most of them in North America and Europe."
WatchGuard has warned customers to patch a critical, actively exploited remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Firebox firewalls.
New critical WatchGuard Firebox firewall flaw exploited in attacks
WatchGuard has warned customers to patch a critical, actively exploited remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Firebox firewalls.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I wonder if these Fireboxen still run code I wrote.💀
If so, sawry WatchGuard...
"One month later, the Internet watchdog Shadowserver found over 75,000 Firebox firewalls vulnerable to CVE-2025-9242 attacks, most of them in North America and Europe."
If so, sawry WatchGuard...
"One month later, the Internet watchdog Shadowserver found over 75,000 Firebox firewalls vulnerable to CVE-2025-9242 attacks, most of them in North America and Europe."