Catching up on recent posts on the CFRG mailing list.
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Catching up on recent posts on the CFRG mailing list.
Do I let this guy stay in the garage or gently remove him to a nice damp bit of garden?
July 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Do I let this guy stay in the garage or gently remove him to a nice damp bit of garden?
Would it be too salty to say how reassuring it is to find so many new experts in quantum computing and post quantum cryptography suddenly popping up over on LinkedIn?
July 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Would it be too salty to say how reassuring it is to find so many new experts in quantum computing and post quantum cryptography suddenly popping up over on LinkedIn?
New reading material dropped.
July 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New reading material dropped.
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The Call for Contributed Talks is now open for RWC 2026! And the deadline for submissions is now Oct. 10, 2025.
rwc.iacr.org/2026/contrib...
rwc.iacr.org/2026/contrib...
RWC 2026 call for papers
Real World Crypto Symposium
rwc.iacr.org
July 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Call for Contributed Talks is now open for RWC 2026! And the deadline for submissions is now Oct. 10, 2025.
rwc.iacr.org/2026/contrib...
rwc.iacr.org/2026/contrib...
Reading this gave me a lift - we are rapidly progressing to a carbon-free future, at least outside the US (who are being held back by extremist ideology and power of big oil lobbyists).
Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social writes.
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reading this gave me a lift - we are rapidly progressing to a carbon-free future, at least outside the US (who are being held back by extremist ideology and power of big oil lobbyists).
Hello again from mighty Svalbard, 78 degrees North, 125 days of constant sunlight.
July 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello again from mighty Svalbard, 78 degrees North, 125 days of constant sunlight.
Some impressions of Longyearbyen from the last few days.
July 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Some impressions of Longyearbyen from the last few days.
It’s nearly midnight in Svalbard, and I’m about to try to give an entertaining yet challenging talk at #ArcticCrypt -wish me luck!
July 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It’s nearly midnight in Svalbard, and I’m about to try to give an entertaining yet challenging talk at #ArcticCrypt -wish me luck!
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bill this is the kind of mansplaining audacity that’s preserved in museums for future generations to learn from as a cautionary tale
this is mansplaining in the form of a long-term nuclear waste warning message
this is mansplaining in the form of a long-term nuclear waste warning message
June 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bill this is the kind of mansplaining audacity that’s preserved in museums for future generations to learn from as a cautionary tale
this is mansplaining in the form of a long-term nuclear waste warning message
this is mansplaining in the form of a long-term nuclear waste warning message
On Svalbard for #ArcticCrypt2025 - looking forward to a week of daylight, cryptography research and exploration.
July 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
On Svalbard for #ArcticCrypt2025 - looking forward to a week of daylight, cryptography research and exploration.
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Slides of my talk titled "Lattices give us KEMs and FHE, but where are the efficient lattice PETs? -- By Example of (Verifiable) Oblivious PRFs" given at spiqe-workshop.github.io are here: github.com/malb/talks/b...
Thanks @kennyog.bsky.social and @jurajsomorovsky.bsky.social for inviting me.
Thanks @kennyog.bsky.social and @jurajsomorovsky.bsky.social for inviting me.
github.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Slides of my talk titled "Lattices give us KEMs and FHE, but where are the efficient lattice PETs? -- By Example of (Verifiable) Oblivious PRFs" given at spiqe-workshop.github.io are here: github.com/malb/talks/b...
Thanks @kennyog.bsky.social and @jurajsomorovsky.bsky.social for inviting me.
Thanks @kennyog.bsky.social and @jurajsomorovsky.bsky.social for inviting me.
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Reminder that the MSCA postdoctoral program exists. If you have a PhD and want to work in a European lab, you have until September to apply. Just contact them now.
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
ec.europa.eu
June 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reminder that the MSCA postdoctoral program exists. If you have a PhD and want to work in a European lab, you have until September to apply. Just contact them now.
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
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Thanks to our wonderful organization team and to the over 800 participants (including the affiliated events) that helped making Eurocrypt 2025 a success!
And now I'll go to sleep for a year or two...
And now I'll go to sleep for a year or two...
May 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks to our wonderful organization team and to the over 800 participants (including the affiliated events) that helped making Eurocrypt 2025 a success!
And now I'll go to sleep for a year or two...
And now I'll go to sleep for a year or two...
Reposted by Kenny Paterson
Reposted by Kenny Paterson
TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
micahflee.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
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I always tell this to my research assistants: if you use AI to summarize and write for you, you don't need to be my assistant. You don't need to do research at all.
Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?
Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?
May 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I always tell this to my research assistants: if you use AI to summarize and write for you, you don't need to be my assistant. You don't need to do research at all.
Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?
Research should be selfish: *you* (not a machine) learn how to read, write, innovate, and dream. Otherwise, what is the point?
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The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
Here's the source code for the unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials
Yesterday, I published an analysis of what I could publicly find about TM SGNL, the obscure and unofficial Signal app used by Mike Waltz, and presumably also by Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Tulsi Gabbard, ...
micahflee.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The source code for the TM SGNL apps (basically a backdoored version of Signal used by Trump officials) is public! Since it's open source, I've pushed it to github for easier research micahflee.com/heres-the-so...
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Don't forget to submit your most hilarious talk, musical performance, general announcement or recent result to the Eurocrypt 2025 Rump Session!
May 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Don't forget to submit your most hilarious talk, musical performance, general announcement or recent result to the Eurocrypt 2025 Rump Session!
Just about ready to set off to Madrid for #eurocrypt 2025, where I’ll have the great honour of giving the 2025 IACR Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday afternoon. #iacr #cryptography
May 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Just about ready to set off to Madrid for #eurocrypt 2025, where I’ll have the great honour of giving the 2025 IACR Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday afternoon. #iacr #cryptography
And here’s the TeleMessage webpage describing the Signal archiving solution: www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
Lovely bit of data concentration. Big questions to be answered: how is data secured in the archive? And how can we be sure there is no third party backdoor access to the archive?
Lovely bit of data concentration. Big questions to be answered: how is data secured in the archive? And how can we be sure there is no third party backdoor access to the archive?
May 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
And here’s the TeleMessage webpage describing the Signal archiving solution: www.telemessage.com/mobile-archi...
Lovely bit of data concentration. Big questions to be answered: how is data secured in the archive? And how can we be sure there is no third party backdoor access to the archive?
Lovely bit of data concentration. Big questions to be answered: how is data secured in the archive? And how can we be sure there is no third party backdoor access to the archive?
Interesting and relevant read for any security researchers who ever worked under embargo with journalists…
A "carefully calibrated" science story made headlines this week.
The dire wolf, which went extinct over 10,000 years ago, was reported to have been revived by a biotech company.
However, the truth is far more complicated.
"Dire wolf, or Colossal misrepresentation?" by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
The dire wolf, which went extinct over 10,000 years ago, was reported to have been revived by a biotech company.
However, the truth is far more complicated.
"Dire wolf, or Colossal misrepresentation?" by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social.
Dire wolf, or Colossal misrepresentation?
A biotechnology company called Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected the dire wolf, a species that went extinct over 10,000 years ago.
thebulletin.org
April 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Interesting and relevant read for any security researchers who ever worked under embargo with journalists…
Reposted by Kenny Paterson
Reposted by Kenny Paterson
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold