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the vessel of morganna

@sophieschmieg @ireneista if you've got enough tolerance to brush them off, the cryptography cranks are an amazing comedy source. I especially like the "revolutionary encryption algorithm" ones who have no formal training and put together some swiss cheese for public review

3 January at 21:39 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.treehouse.systems
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Sophie Schmieg

@astraleureka @ireneista there is lots of fun to be had breaking their implementations. My favorite one so far is this one:

keymaterial.net/2024/02/24/lat

3 January at 21:50 | Open on infosec.exchange
Qybat

@astraleureka @sophieschmieg @ireneista We get those in compression too. Every now and then some eager amateur introduces their miraculous new compression algorithm with impressive claims and no clear explanation of how it works.

I've made a few myself. Mine do work, they just don't work well enough to be any improvement on existing methods.

4 January at 0:47 | Open on batchats.net
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