9 Best Articles in 2021
HackerNoon
Blockchain Cryptography Explained to a 9-Year-Old
HackerNoon
5 min read · From 2019 · A beginner’s guide to blockchain cryptography
The New York Times
Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award
The New York Times
3 min read · From 2017 · In the 1970s, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman invented the technology that underpins web commerce.
Matthew Green
Why I’m done with Chrome
Matthew Green
From 2018 · This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts. After all, that’s what Twitter is for! But from …
Stanford University
A Graduate Course in Applied Cryptography
Stanford University
1 min read · From 2018 · Part I: Secret key cryptography Introduction Encryption Stream ciphers Block ciphers Chosen plaintext attacks Message integrity Message integrity from universal hashing Message integrity from…
WIRED
Google Turns to Retro Cryptography to Keep Datasets Private
WIRED
3 min read · From 2019 · Google's Private Join and Compute will let companies compare notes without divulging sensitive information.
ZDNet
Singapore researchers tapping quantum cryptography to enhance network encryption
ZDNet
2 min read · 2020-05-30 · ST Engineering and National University of Singapore are looking to tap quantum cryptography technology to build network encryption tools, so these will be ready to mitigate security risks that may…
MIT Technology Review
An algorithm that can spot cause and effect could supercharge medical AI
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · 2020-02-05 · The technique, inspired by quantum cryptography, would allow large medical databases to be tapped for causal links
Backchannel
Love in the Time of Cryptography
Backchannel
10 min read · From 2017 · Most romances today have deep digital footprints. This one didn’t — and to the state, that was a problem.
WIRED
The Clever Cryptography Behind Apple's 'Find My' Feature
WIRED
4 min read · From 2019 · Apple says an elaborate rotating key scheme will soon let you track down your stolen laptop, but not let anyone track you. Not even Apple.
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Stanford University
Stanford researcher’s cryptography can preserve genetic privacy in criminal DNA profiling
Stanford University
3 min read · Jul 2nd · Crime scene DNA analysis can help identify perpetrators, but current methods may divulge the genetic information of innocent people. Cryptography can protect genetic privacy without hampering law…
The Verge
The race is on for quantum-safe cryptography
The Verge
4 min read · Jun 11th · Breaking the code-breaker.
computerweekly.com
European-led consortium investigates quantum cryptography
computerweekly.com
Jun 1st · The arms race to a quantum internet is under way – the European Commission is looking at secure critical national infrastructure and member state comms.
Bitcoin Magazine
Bitcoin Paves The Way Toward A Truly Sustainable Future
Bitcoin Magazine
7 min read · Jun 29th · True sustainability lies in a fundamentally sound money secured by cryptography.
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Bloomberg
‘Mind-Boggling’ Math Could Make Blockchain Work for Wall Street
Bloomberg
7 min read · From 2017 · A major breakthrough in cryptography may have solved one of the biggest obstacles to using blockchain technology on Wall Street: keeping transaction data private.
OneZero
The Untold Story of the Man That Made Mainstream Encryption Possible
OneZero
~15 min read · 2020-03-03 · Meet Whit Diffie, the man who invented public key cryptography and brought encryption to the masses
Quanta Magazine
How the EverCrypt Library Creates Hacker-Proof Cryptography
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · From 2019 · Researchers have just released hacker-proof cryptographic code — programs with the same level of invincibility as a mathematical proof.
righto.com
Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day
righto.com
~13 min read · From 2014 · This article is now available in Russian: Майним Bitcoin с помощью бумаги и ручки . I decided to see how practical it would be to mine Bit...
Quanta Magazine
Computer Scientists Achieve ‘Crown Jewel’ of Cryptography
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · 2020-11-10 · A cryptographic master tool called indistinguishability obfuscation has for years seemed too good to be true. Three researchers have figured out that it can work.
medium.com
How Cryptography Redefines Private Property
medium.com
~11 min read · From 2018 · We will explore the pivotal role public-key cryptography plays in the creation of digital hard money & its ramifications on society at…
Ars Technica
Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled by newly discovered flaw
Ars Technica
8 min read · From 2017 · Factorization weakness lets attackers impersonate key holders and decrypt their data.
oleganza.com
The renaissance of cryptography
oleganza.com
2 min read · From 2018 · This is a declaration of a new era.
Ars Technica UK
Google teaches “AIs” to invent their own crypto and avoid eavesdropping
Ars Technica UK
3 min read · From 2016 · Neural networks seem good at devising crypto methods; less good at codebreaking.
