Developers from Signal (including its protocol's co-creator) along with Microsoft and Harvard unveil Encrypted Spaces, an open-source codebase for a new generation of private collaboration apps. Think Slack, Discord, Google Docs, all end-to-end encrypted. www.wired.com/story/signal...

Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.

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Proud to finally share what I've been working on. I'm excited for a future where privacy is normal. encryptedspaces.org

Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps

The new open-source project could serve as the basis for a future of apps with features as complex as Slack, Discord, or Google Docs—but with added protection against surveillance.

wired.com

If your DMs are “encrypted” but one org holds all the keys, you haven’t distributed trust – you’ve built a backdoor. Juicebox only works when boundaries are real. Separation isn’t optional. Replication != distribution.

Don’t Put All Your Juice in One Box

At Juicebox, we believe key recovery should be secure, user friendly, and actually… work. That means it has to be more than cryptographic theater. It has to reflect the real world, where systems get h...

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A dragon emerges from an egg, within a nest among others waiting to hatch atop a majestic castle. The dragon is embedded with a DragonRNA, a DNA strand covalently extended with an RNA tail. Variants of precursor DNAs are backlit by a glowing polymerase within each egg,

Incredibly proud of the brilliant work Emily has done – these little monsters have so much potential in RNA therapeutics! So glad it’s finally in the world. It was a privilege to help with some figures and artistic renderings (spot the dragon flying through the abstract!). Mazel tov to all involved!

Emily Greenwald@emilymbgreenwald.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m excited to share our paper in @narjournal.bsky.social on DragonRNA: DNA-primed RNA extension! We developed a fluorescence gel shift assay to detect DragonRNA activity by enzymes, & characterized this activity using gel assays, sequencing, & bioinformatics. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

I’m excited to share our paper in @narjournal.bsky.social on DragonRNA: DNA-primed RNA extension! We developed a fluorescence gel shift assay to detect DragonRNA activity by enzymes, & characterized this activity using gel assays, sequencing, & bioinformatics. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

DragonRNA: Generality of DNA-primed RNA-extension activities by DNA-directed RNA polymerases

Abstract. RNA polymerases (RNAPs) transcribe DNA into RNA. Several RNAPs, including from bacteriophages Sp6 and T7, Escherichia coli, and wheat germ, had b

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Yeshiva University agreed to recognize an LGBTQ+ student group Thursday, settling a lawsuit that once seemed destined for the Supreme Court and delivering a landmark victory to queer Jews at the school and in the Orthodox community beyond.

Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ+ student group in landmark settlement

The YU Pride Alliance settled its discrimination lawsuit against Yeshiva University, winning recognition as an official student group.

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Made Funfetti Hamantaschen with apricot and chocolate fillings with @nora.bsky.social! Chag Purim Sameach!

nora@nora.bsky.social · last yr.

Purim reminds us that resilience and joy go hand in hand. The world is uncertain, but at least we get cookies (made with @emilymbgreenwald.bsky.social!). Chag Purim Sameach!

For the past year, I've been creating Juicebox, an open-source encryption key recovery system that provides high security coupled with a user-friendly design, to make encryption further accessible to larger numbers of people. I'd love to know what you think!

Key to Simplicity: Squeezing the hassle out of encryption key recovery

Cryptography transforms the impossible task of safeguarding extensive data transmitted and stored across numerous systems and networks into the simpler task of securing a small singular key in one loc...

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Contacting elected officials is a cornerstone of democracy (whether you are expressing disagreement or gratitude). Yet, the new whitehouse.gov has removed all ways to reach the President or administration – channels that existed even in his prior term. This is unprecedented in the digital age.

The White House

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are committed to lowering costs for all Americans, securing our borders, unleashing American energy dominance, restoring peace through strength, a...

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