JP Aumasson
@aumasson.jp
https://aumasson.jp cofounder & CSO @ taurushq.com cryptographer (BLAKE2, BLAKE3, SipHash) author of Serious Cryptography https://nostarch.com/serious-cryptography-2nd-edition and other books Signal: jpa.01
A perfect 1-page Friday reading → here's a fun article by Jacob Strieb about (ab)using <canvas> element in HTML and PNGs to get DEFLATE compression into older browsers (without reimplementing the whole thing in JS).
Just saw the leaked images from a former podcaster turned government official’s account being hacked. If you elect clowns, you get a circus.
As they angle for a presidential pardon in television interviews, Sam Bankman-Fried’s law professor parents file “pro se” motions for their adult son, leave voicemails with the judge, and sign documents claiming they're from him in prison.
Sam Bankman-Fried’s helicopter parents crash into federal court
SBF praises Trump from prison, his parents beg for a pardon on CNN, and his legal ethics professor mother files court documents claiming to be from him — prompting a judge to demand he swear under oat...
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Last ̶c̶h̶a̶p̶t̶ tractate of my serialized novella, and the best one. I'll collect feedback, do more editing, and get it printed. The featured photo's mine. bfswa.substack.com/p/the-ninth-...
The Ninth Berth – Tractate 10: Lights
10/10
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quick note on trustlessness and SPoFs bfswa.substack.com/p/trust-them...
Trust them, don't trust it
A note on trust and SPoFs
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2026 will bring more blockchain/quantum/AI scams, hacks, overvaluations, bankruptcies; VC psyops, trolls and bots, paid articles and endorsements. Meanwhile there wont be no... - "AGI" - useful/practical quantum computers - meaningful blockchain use beyond tokenization Like the past 10 years.
Imagine it’s 2013 and you see this document from the UK sent back from the future. You’ll assume something went very wrong in that timeline.