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(computer, cryptography, opensource) enthusiast. Fediverse @lapo@f.lapo.it

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EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was...

I got this sad news about @realsexycyborg.bsky.social yesterday on the Fediverse, so my first comments are there:
https://f.lapo.it/display/d05884ce-9074bd1510c155aa-cb2d3972

Her comment on Twitter: Β«I got my wings clippedΒ»
https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1677480809450835969

18.08.2023 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Q:Some of your books make it seems like you believe in actual literal magic, do you? ()
A: I can write down a few words and make people thousands of miles away, whom I have never met and will never meet, laugh tears of joy and cry tears of true sorrow for people who do not exist and have never existed and never will exist. If that isn't actual literal magic I don't know what is.

Q:Some of your books make it seems like you believe in actual literal magic, do you? () A: I can write down a few words and make people thousands of miles away, whom I have never met and will never meet, laugh tears of joy and cry tears of true sorrow for people who do not exist and have never existed and never will exist. If that isn't actual literal magic I don't know what is.

Reposting this from Tumblr myself because otherwise people will be posting it tomorrow and other people will be asking if I said it.

15.08.2023 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2478    πŸ” 643    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 47

The greatest threat to Twitter isn't BlueSky or Threads or Mastodon. It's Twitter. It's 100% Twitter.

07.07.2023 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 678    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

I wish people would stop being surprised every time there is a new round of Crypto Wars. There will always be people in power who want to backdoor end-to-end encryption. The only thing that ever changes is the excuse.

05.07.2023 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes 🀣

31.05.2023 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Legible or cursive. Pick one. πŸ”₯

26.05.2023 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful: a public administration in Italy decided to implement an LCG for #random draws to be used in tenders or other official stuff instead of a #CSPRNG (a random number generator backed by good #crypto), allowing whoever is choosing the seed to actually choose the winner.

24.05.2023 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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