cryptography
The Large Bitcoin Collider Is Generating Trillions of Keys and Breaking Into Wallets
A quixotic, and slightly dubious, quest.
The Spy Who Checkmated Me: Why Postal Chess Was Banned During Wartime
The United States banned postal chess during WWII because it feared the game was being used to send secret messages. But how would this actually work?
Physicists Foil Forgers with Unclonable Reflective Patterns
Thank cholesteric liquid crystal microspheres.
20 Years Ago, A Senator Became the First US Lawmaker to Use Encryption
How Sen. Patrick Leahy became an early adopter of encryption.
Satoshi's PGP Keys Are Probably Backdated and Point to a Hoax
The PGP keys referenced in stories naming Craig Wright as the creator of Bitcoin were probably falsely backdated.
Now That It's Easy to Encrypt Our Chats, Encrypting Metadata Comes Next
A project called Vuvuzela not only encrypts the content of messages between two people, but as much information about those messages and the people who sent and received them as possible.
Dear Slack, Please Add OTR
The popular group messaging app could make a big difference to its users by adding end-to-end encryption.
How VTech's App Failed Miserably to Protect the Data of Kids and Parents
A security researcher describes the weak cryptography and sloppy practices that led to the toy maker's epic breach.
Encryption App Telegram Probably Isn't as Secure for Terrorists as ISIS Thinks
Although ISIS and other groups endorse the app, researchers question its security.