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Elliptic curves often feel like mathematical magic. Somehow, with relatively simple arithmetic operations on points, we can build secure cryptographic systems. But the underlying ideas are actually …
Read more →For years I had a small private page on my machine with a bunch of hacky tools for day-to-day crypto work. Hashing a string, base64 encoding something, generating a random key. Nothing fancy. Just …
Read more →There is a lot going on in the world regarding age verification. Why does every website or operating system (and possibly later: smart appliances like your fridge??) need to know your age? While I …
Read more →First of all, please understand that I’m someone who has a clear way of visualizing my thoughts, but struggles to communicate them verbally or through written text like posts. Being Dutch already …
Read more →Almost 40 years ago, in 1985, a game was released for the Commodore 64 called “Eindeloos” (“Endless”, in dutch). In this game you needed to find your way around a labyrinth …
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