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GQ Releases Hilariously Sweary Audio of Craig Wright Interview

39 points by minamisan 10y ago

59nadir 10y ago
Craig Wright is such an obvious fraud, liar and attentionseeker, but puts this fake "I don't want to be public!" facade on. If he was actually Satoshi he would've already been able to show it. People giving him the light of day are doing everyone a disservice.
okket 10y ago
Direct link to the 8 min clip https://vimeo.com/177403785 https://vimeo.com/177403785
- smcl 10y ago
  Maybe we could change the link to point @ the Vimeo link, or is there a better one directly from GQ instead (I keep getting taken to the German GQ and can't figure out how to get the English version, so can't find it myself)
dempseye 10y ago
People in tech shouldn't accept that kind of bullying from asshats like Craig Wright. Courtois clearly outgunned him intellectually, but he still let himself be shouted at.
- JonnieCache 10y ago
  He starts openly giggling as Wright gets more irate, which I think is often a good way to deal with such people.
JonnieCache 10y ago
If you haven't read the LRB article, it's hysterical. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affair http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affai... EDIT: not as funny as this clip though. The man is a transparent fantasist/fraudster.
- jmkni 10y ago
  That's an amazing read! It is like something out of Breaking Bad
  - JonnieCache 10y ago
    If you liked that, there's a long article out there somewhere in New Yorker or some such mag about two kids who got in way over their heads with russian gangs bringing drugs into the automated container facility on rotterdam's docks.
    - gaadd33 10y ago
      Any chance you can find a link to that article? I did some searching and was unable to find anything. It sounds pretty interesting.
      - JonnieCache 10y ago
        http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-mob-technology-consultants-help-drug-traffickers/ http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-mob-technology-consul... It's not as long-form as I remember but still a fun read.
        jmkni 10y ago
        Thanks!
eng_monkey 10y ago
It is also surprising he continues using and being addressed as Dr, when there is no evidence he has a doctorate.
satysin 10y ago
When losing your argument just shout and swear louder and louder. Craig Wright is a fantasist and conman.
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throwaway7767 10y ago
Craig Wright is obviously a scam artist. That said, I'd love it if someone could explain the argument by the other cryptographer. At the beginning (I couldn't make it to the end of the recording, the exchange was just painful to listen to) he's saying if you have the source code to a RNG, you can derive private keys just by looking at encrypted messages? As an absolute statement that is obviously nonsense, but I feel there's some important context missing to parse the critique.
- maxerickson 10y ago
  I'm not sure I have it, but I believe that with DSA, given the message, signature and message specific private value, you can derive the private key. Wright is calling that message specific value a nonce, but for DSA, it has to be secret and unpredictable ( https://rdist.root.org/2010/11/19/dsa-requirements-for-random-k-value/ https://rdist.root.org/2010/11/19/dsa-requirements-for-rando... ). In the Playstation hack, a single private value was mistakenly used in multiple messages (so it could be recovered from just a couple signatures https://www.imperialviolet.org/2013/06/15/suddendeathentropy.html https://www.imperialviolet.org/2013/06/15/suddendeathentropy... ), but it's also true that if you have information about how the private value was created and it was poorly done, you can just check all the remaining possibilities. So that's what the cryptographer is talking about, given information about sufficiently poor generation of the message specific secret, you can pull private keys out of a single signature.
  - throwaway7767 10y ago
    But in the context of bitcoin, it seems likely that if the bitcoin client originally had such a problem, someone would have already exploited it to steal funds. All the old funds, mined with the original version of the bitcoin software, are still just waiting there at the original addresses. Especially in light of the creative crypto attacks people have done on other implementations (like the one where attackers stole from android wallets based on a flaw in the system-wide android PRNG). Money is a powerful motivator.
fasteo 10y ago
Offtopic. I have learned to love meetings like this one, when customers behave like Mr. Wright. Seeing them in such a ridiculous position is a joy. So much joy, that I find myself worried about my brain health. Weird comment, I know.
mikro2nd 10y ago
What I wonder is why do people continue to give attention to cretins such as this? Just creating clickbait?
erdevs 10y ago
Is there still any belief in serious circles that Wright is SN? Whatever happened to those credible thought leaders who initially supported his claim? I lost track of this after the initial splash announcement and immediately ensuing controversy.

39 points by minamisan 10y ago

Craig Wright is such an obvious fraud, liar and attentionseeker, but puts this fake "I don't want to be public!" facade on. If he was actually Satoshi he would've already been able to show it. People giving him the light of day are doing everyone a disservice.

okket 10y ago

Direct link to the 8 min clip https://vimeo.com/177403785 https://vimeo.com/177403785

smcl 10y ago
Maybe we could change the link to point @ the Vimeo link, or is there a better one directly from GQ instead (I keep getting taken to the German GQ and can't figure out how to get the English version, so can't find it myself)

dempseye 10y ago

People in tech shouldn't accept that kind of bullying from asshats like Craig Wright. Courtois clearly outgunned him intellectually, but he still let himself be shouted at.

JonnieCache 10y ago
He starts openly giggling as Wright gets more irate, which I think is often a good way to deal with such people.

JonnieCache 10y ago

If you haven't read the LRB article, it's hysterical. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affair http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n13/andrew-ohagan/the-satoshi-affai... EDIT: not as funny as this clip though. The man is a transparent fantasist/fraudster.

jmkni 10y ago
That's an amazing read! It is like something out of Breaking Bad
- JonnieCache 10y ago
  If you liked that, there's a long article out there somewhere in New Yorker or some such mag about two kids who got in way over their heads with russian gangs bringing drugs into the automated container facility on rotterdam's docks.
  - gaadd33 10y ago
    Any chance you can find a link to that article? I did some searching and was unable to find anything. It sounds pretty interesting.
    - JonnieCache 10y ago
      http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-mob-technology-consultants-help-drug-traffickers/ http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-mob-technology-consul... It's not as long-form as I remember but still a fun read.
      - jmkni 10y ago
        Thanks!

eng_monkey 10y ago

It is also surprising he continues using and being addressed as Dr, when there is no evidence he has a doctorate.

satysin 10y ago

When losing your argument just shout and swear louder and louder. Craig Wright is a fantasist and conman.

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throwaway7767 10y ago

Craig Wright is obviously a scam artist. That said, I'd love it if someone could explain the argument by the other cryptographer. At the beginning (I couldn't make it to the end of the recording, the exchange was just painful to listen to) he's saying if you have the source code to a RNG, you can derive private keys just by looking at encrypted messages? As an absolute statement that is obviously nonsense, but I feel there's some important context missing to parse the critique.

maxerickson 10y ago
I'm not sure I have it, but I believe that with DSA, given the message, signature and message specific private value, you can derive the private key. Wright is calling that message specific value a nonce, but for DSA, it has to be secret and unpredictable ( https://rdist.root.org/2010/11/19/dsa-requirements-for-random-k-value/ https://rdist.root.org/2010/11/19/dsa-requirements-for-rando... ). In the Playstation hack, a single private value was mistakenly used in multiple messages (so it could be recovered from just a couple signatures https://www.imperialviolet.org/2013/06/15/suddendeathentropy.html https://www.imperialviolet.org/2013/06/15/suddendeathentropy... ), but it's also true that if you have information about how the private value was created and it was poorly done, you can just check all the remaining possibilities. So that's what the cryptographer is talking about, given information about sufficiently poor generation of the message specific secret, you can pull private keys out of a single signature.
- throwaway7767 10y ago
  But in the context of bitcoin, it seems likely that if the bitcoin client originally had such a problem, someone would have already exploited it to steal funds. All the old funds, mined with the original version of the bitcoin software, are still just waiting there at the original addresses. Especially in light of the creative crypto attacks people have done on other implementations (like the one where attackers stole from android wallets based on a flaw in the system-wide android PRNG). Money is a powerful motivator.

fasteo 10y ago

Offtopic. I have learned to love meetings like this one, when customers behave like Mr. Wright. Seeing them in such a ridiculous position is a joy. So much joy, that I find myself worried about my brain health. Weird comment, I know.

mikro2nd 10y ago

What I wonder is why do people continue to give attention to cretins such as this? Just creating clickbait?

erdevs 10y ago

Is there still any belief in serious circles that Wright is SN? Whatever happened to those credible thought leaders who initially supported his claim? I lost track of this after the initial splash announcement and immediately ensuing controversy.