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Cryptographic Right Answers: Post Quantum and Rust Edition
[…] Cryptography is everywhere and as a developer you will need to upgrade your projects with post-quantum algorithms, whether because you care about the security of your users, or for compliance reasons. […]
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Cryptographic Right Answers: Post Quantum and Rust Edition
There recently has been a lot of noise about quantum computing breakthroughs recently after Google's articles Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear and Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum

The ultrarich mostly aren’t escaping the tax system through exotic loopholes.
They mostly increase their fortunes with and spend regular taxable income
— salaries, dividends, interest, business profits, realized capital gains
— and they earn a lot of it.
This means the most powerful lever is also the simplest one.
Restore the top marginal ordinary income tax rate to its pre-2017 level of 39.6 percent
— which, but for Trump’s tax cuts, would have applied t…

Opinion | The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer
Forget complex schemes. There is an easier way to get revenue from the wealthy.

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Cryptographic Right Answers: Post Quantum and Rust Edition
There recently has been a lot of noise about quantum computing breakthroughs recently after Google's articles Quantum frontiers may be closer than they appear and Safeguarding cryptocurrency by disclosing quantum

RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116609310065016685
'That contract is now broken. Generative UI doesn’t link to your article. It absorbs your article, synthesizes it into a widget, and presents it as Google’s own answer.'
Let that sink in (and read the complete article first.)
Let this be Google's "altavista" moment.
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Wenn selbst die zweite Frau im Staat nicht sicher ist... 😶Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner ist offenbar Opfer einer gezielten Phishing-Attacke auf ihren Signal-Messenger geworden.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11268708?wt_mc=sm.re

RE: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/116454202322642525
Seit Johnny Eisenberg im NSA-Untersuchungsausschuss als Anwalt des BND auftrat, bin ich kein Fan. Aber wenn alte, mal linke, Berliner Anwälte Männer wie Ulmen angreifen, hat sich vielleicht do…

AI-powered Reddit search (Answers) improving from one day to the next. Today:
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1tjgr0x/comment/onelt9p/?context=2>
From yesterday's comment:
"… this underscores the value of not tru…

Firmensprecher: Varta verliert Apple als Kunden
Bei Varta in Nördlingen fällt der „Ankerkunde“ weg: Der iPhone-Hersteller will keine Batterien mehr kaufen. Die Hintergründe sind unklar.
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Firmensprecher: Varta verliert Apple als Kunden
Bei Varta in Nördlingen fällt der „Ankerkunde“ weg: Der iPhone-Hersteller will keine Batterien mehr kaufen. Die Hintergründe sind unklar.

I've seen a bunch of "the CA age verification law is the best way to do a bad thing and so we shouldn't oppose compliance" takes, which others are rightly pointing out is a bad stance because it's blindingly obvious that compliance now sets the stage for compliance later and the clearly set up later is mandatory verification of age data. Even if you think that, for example, California's current "progressive" government won't go there, we're all currently seeing just how easy it is for a new government to pick up the oppressive tools the "good" government was using "restraint" with and put them to worse ends.
On the other hand, I'll freely admit that distros *do* need a way to shield themselves from liability right now. The clear (to me; IANAL) correct solution is to say on your website "don't download this OS if you're in a jurisdiction where it's not legal for us to provide it."). Assuming this does put you in the clear liability-wise, it has several positive effects:
- Stops zero people from downloading it.
- Makes it clear that your project will not collaborate with fascists/oppressive regime enjoyers.
- Means that when the next law makes verifying user ages mandatory (and/or explicitly requires using Palantir-adjacent services to do so) you've already got a strategy in place and there's no need for a "debate" in your "community" about compliance.
- Gets users more practice with "the law is malicious/needlessly bureaucratic/oppressive; let's ignore it" which to be honest people in general clearly desperately need at this point.
- Is the most effective political move if you want to resist the way things are going. Forcing the other side to explain why "California bans Linux" is good rhetorical strategy. Make *them* try to explain "well it's actually not so harmful since we let users set it themselves" and answer your follow-up "but what if next year the requirements change; I just refuse to go along with this slippery slope stuff and I'm not bothered if that means you want to *ban* me."
#AgeVerification

"Maria and Peter are students and meet up for a late dinner. Peter asks Maria whether Tom is at the party that they intend to go to after dinner. Maria answers that Tom is at the party. After all, Tom had told her that he would be at the party. When they arrive at the party, it turns out that Tom had changed his plans, and is not at the party. Was Maria's answer true or false?"
#truth