I got banned for criticizing Twitter’s security, as I’ve done often in the past without repercussion.

↘️ Quoting Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon…

Free speech really should be free. To bypass the new censorship regime at twitter, use this URL shortener to link to Mastodon or other censored destinations. Considering recent policy decisions on twitter, please be aware that use of links generated from…

AES-XGCM: An eXtended-nonce construction built atop AES-GCM - GitHub - soatok/aes-xgcm: AES-XGCM: An eXtended-nonce construction built atop AES-GCM

When it comes to AES-GCM, I am not a fan. Most of my gripes fall into one of two categories: Gripes with AES itself Gripes with AES-GCM as a construction However, one of my gripes technically belon…

Ever since the famous “Open Sesame” line from One Thousand and One Nights, humanity was doomed to suffer from the scourge of passwords. Courtesy of SwiftOnSecurity Even in a world where…

Tails from the Cryptographic Side of Security Research

A quick reference to anti-furry dog-whistles for busy journalists and investigative reporters.

An introduction to database cryptography.

Recently, it occurred to me that there wasn’t a good, focused resource that covers commitments in the context of asymmetric cryptography. I had covered confused deputy attacks in my very shor…

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Recently, there has been a lot of misinformation and propaganda flying around the American news media about the furry fandom. Unfortunately, this seems to be increasing with time. Art: CMYKat Conse…

Don't give #Meta a fucking chance.

Just don't.

Last year, I went to the Quantum Village and encountered some absolute bullshit, which I proceeded to call out. This year, while I was walking around the Crypto + Privacy Village at DEFCON 31 in fu…

Soatok criticizes the security industry for focusing on lists instead of fundamentals. Free knowledge and compassion improve access to the industry.

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I quit my job towards the end of last month. When I started this blog, I told myself, “Don’t talk about work.” Since my employment is in the rear view mirror, I’m going to b…

A few days ago, I wrote a personal blurb about my experience with Return-to-Office, Forced Relocation, and top-down Corporate Bullshit. This was a departure from my usual fare in two ways: I talked…

If you’ve paid attention to Hacker News or various technology subreddits in recent years, you may have noticed the rise of VPN companies like Tailscale and ZeroTier. At the core of their netw…

Dhole Moments is not a music blog. I will not pretend to be an expert on music, music theory, or music appreciation. But it goes even further than that: I am so untalented at music that I exert a v…

The people afraid to show their peers or bosses my technical writing because it also contains furry art are some of the dumbest cowards in technology. Considering the recent events at ApeFest, a co…