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nadim.computer
Computer scientist, applied cryptographer & senior security auditor. Hobbyist puzzle game author and runner. Personal: https://nadim.computer Work: @symbolic.software Work: https://cure53.de
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Signal has announced that it will “leave Sweden” if the Swedish government mandates encryption backdoors. Many are celebrating this as a bold act of resistance. But what does it actually mean? 🧵👇 swedenherald.com/article/sign...

did a small blog post introducing anonymous credentials on OONI, a tool that measures censorship across the globe 💅

If anyone is looking for open-source, self-hostable, E2EE storage and sharing come join @peergos.org We have portable accounts, automated migration (keeping all access and friends), offline support. There are lots of apps like media players, document editors, calendar and you can write your own too!

Bonus panel and hovertext here: smbc-comics.com/comic/murderer

Anamorphic-Resistant Encryption; Or Why the Encryption Debate is Still Alive (Yevgeniy Dodis, Eli Goldin) ia.cr/2025/293

The tentative program for Real World Crypto 2025 is live! rwc.iacr.org/2025/program... A huge thanks to my co-chair @malb.bsky.social and all the amazing program committee members for helping put this together. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Sofia! #realworldcrypto

Thanks for attending the last meetup and thanks to @nadim.computer for the great presentation! 📷 While the super educational Q&A wasn't recorded (for privacy reasons), we do have the presentation available on Youtube here: youtube.com/watch?v=gTP4... Stay tuned for our next meetup!

I've published iacrbias.org, a website dedicated to closely documenting instances of political and racial bias at the International Association for Cryptologic Research's Board of Directors, including structural impediments to holding the Board accountable.

Full schedule for Real World Cryptography Paris Meetup 3 is now live! 🚀 Check out the full lineup at cryptography.paris Expect exciting talks on programmable cryptography, post-quantum security, super-fast verification, and more—plus refreshments and time to connect!

UK Authorities Demand Back Door Access to iCloud Backups Globally

I am slowly writing a blog series on the recent “How to Prove a False Statement” paper on Fiat-Shamir. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/04/h...

Join us later this month on Feb 19th at 2PM CST (Chicago) for an OSTIF.org meetup with @nadim.computer Senior Applied Cryptography Auditor at Cure53, who will be presenting "Unmasking Cryptographic Risks: A Deep Dive into the Nym Audit". RSVP at lu.ma/o2dasp0m

Truly the banality of evil: commit ethnic cleansing just so you can get prime real estate on the Mediterranean and build a luxury riviera

Only 2 weeks left to register for Real World Cryptography Paris! 📅 Feb 18, 2025 📍 Ledger HQ, Paris 🔑 Talks, networking & deep dives into ZKPs, real-world cryptography & more! Proudly partnering with Ledger, Hylé, @symbolic.software & others. Don’t miss out! 🚀 Register now: lu.ma/f0ohzz4y

🚨 New cool audit alert! Our audit at Cure53 of @nymproject.bsky.social is now public! We uncovered some fascinating findings in Nym's cryptography and infrastructure. Joint work with Alex Pirker, Daniel Bleichenbacher, Luan Herrera & Marta Conde! Some highlights: 🧵👇

The list of accepted talk at @rwc.iacr.org is now available: rwc.iacr.org/2025/accepte... Early registration ends 26 February. CC: programme co-chair @nicksullivan.org

How to Prove False Statements: Practical Attacks on Fiat-Shamir (Dmitry Khovratovich, Ron D. Rothblum, Lev Soukhanov) ia.cr/2025/118

OK the comics are occasionally autobiographical

📢🧩 Real World Cryptography Paris is back in 2025 for our third meetup! ✨Come join us for an evening of exciting talks and fun networking for applied cryptography enthusiasts in Paris! 🗣️Call for talks is open: submit a talk, come share your work! cryptography.paris

We're hiring multiple PhD candidates for our ARC-funded project on fully-homomorphic encryption (FHE), SNARKs & more Job listing 👇 iacr.org/jobs/item/3840 Apply via docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Some info on PhD at Monash/in Australia mfesgin.github.io/supervision/ Please help to share!

🚀 hax is entering a new era! 🚀 We're excited to announce the launch of our new website and our first official release! Check out our latest blog post to learn more about this exciting new chapter 🔗 https://hax.cryspen.com/blog/2025/01/21/a-new-chapter.html #opensource #hax

Didn’t Ross Ulbricht of Silk Road hire two hitmen? Sure, they turned out to be undercover cops, but he didn’t know that at the time. Why is everyone celebrating the pardon of a guy who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to have two people killed?

Sounds awesome. I wonder if they’re also going to speak about crypto methods for privacy, or perhaps even ML/LLM.

📢🧩 Real World Cryptography Paris is back in 2025 for our third meetup! ✨Come join us for an evening of exciting talks and fun networking for applied cryptography enthusiasts in Paris! 🗣️Call for talks is open: submit a talk, come share your work! cryptography.paris

Triple Ratchet: A Bandwidth Efficient Hybrid-Secure Signal Protocol (Yevgeniy Dodis, Daniel Jost, Shuichi Katsumata, Thomas Prest, Rolfe Schmidt) ia.cr/2025/078