Achtung! Was uns der #Bundesrat 🇨🇭verschweigt: Wenn das #PMT kommt, ist die #Schweiz der einzige Rechtsstaat der Welt, wo man ohne jede Gefahr einer Straftat als #Terrorist gelten kann.

Many organizations have generic email addresses, such as info@ and support@. It's a good practice to also have a security@ address, which allows others to report IT vulnerabilities to you: explained-from-first-principles.com/email/#common-…

Together with Lenka Mareková, kennyog and Igors Stepanovs, we took a deep dive into Telegram Messenger’s symmetric cryptography: “Four Attacks and a Proof for Telegram” to be presented at IEEE S&P 2022. mtpsym.github.io 🧵 by kennyog and me:

If you want to learn a lot about email (and why wouldn't you?) "Email explained from first principles" is possibly the best thing you could read. explained-from-first-principles.com/email/

Wrote some notes summarizing my first impressions of web3: moxie.org/2022/01/07/web…

Wer schon lange auf eine Zusammenfassung meines "Buches" über E-Mail gewartet hat, wird in der aktuellen Ausgabe des Schweizer Monats fündig: schweizermonat.ch/viel-ungeschue…

The rage & fear you feel after the Russian invasion are ancient parts of your mind preparing - like clockwork - for a world of conflict. After 10 years of research in the lab & field, it is surreal to feel it unfold in my own mind A 🧵 on what happens & with what effects (1/16)

The world's mammals (in terms of biomass): 🐄🐷 Livestock: 62% 👫👫 Humans: 34% 🐳🐻 Wild mammals: 4% ourworldindata.org/mammals#wild-m…

What if someone told you that you could prevent a serious crime — a robbery, say, or maybe even a murder — just by shelling out $1.50? vox.com/future-perfect…

I've just published my new book about number theory. 🎉

This is my new goto post on cryptographic foundations by Explained from First Principles. It used to be the book, An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography, but Kaspar Etter is really taking advantage of the web as a medium. explained-from-first-principles.com/number-theory/

Announcing a 4-month 🔮Cryptography Engineering⚙️ study group in 🦀Rust🦀, beginning Friday Nov 18, meeting weekly at 17:45 UTC! The study group is geared at developers who would like to learn more about cryptography and crypto engineering.

If you haven't read my latest book on number theory yet, now is the time! I've just published many improvements: explained-from-first-principles.com/number-theory/

The quality of this number theory explainer surpasses what I've seen from most traditional math textbooks. What a gem! 💎 explained-from-first-principles.com/number-theory/

My book What's Our Problem? is now available. The book introduces a new framework for thinking about our chaotic political environment. With 303 drawings, it's a toolbox for understanding our societies, our group dynamics, and our own minds. Get it here: waitbutwhy.com/whatsourproblem

New piece from Jenny Xiao 🌌, Jeffrey Ding and me pushing back on the claim that we can't regulate AI because that would just let China pull ahead. This is not a good argument! 4 reasons why, though first a caveat: 🧵

We are long overdue in getting incredibly serious about the implications of AGI. We must prioritize preparing for them as best we can. Only then can we ensure AGI benefits all of humanity.

The Internet article received a major update. See what's new: explained-from-first-principles.com/internet/#upda…