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Reading "I am a cryptographer" got me wary, looking back at your comments, I see that you did this multiple times before and I've tried looking you up but I cou
by cipher0 10y ago
Reading "I am a cryptographer" got me wary, looking back at your comments, I see that you did this multiple times before and I've tried looking you up but I couldn't find anything that substantiates that claim, I've looked also for publications and couldn't find any so I am curious, what are your credentials?
- lvh 10y agoI try to keep my resume to myself unless absolutely necessary because a) recruiters b) arguments to authority are damaging, but Crypto 101[0] is probably the most interesting public one. Other than that, being one of the founders and the resident cryptographer of PyCA and Latacora, also caesium and magicnonce specifically. [0]: https://www.crypto101.io https://www.crypto101.io
- cipher0 10y ago>> arguments to authority are damaging Yet that's what you were doing in the first place when you said "I am a cryptographer", hence my interest. And it looks like our definitions of what a cryptographer is are different, yours appears to be more like "Software engineer with some knowledge of crypto" in which case, you shouldn't refer to yourself as a "cryptographer" the same way a dentist with some knowledge of general surgery shouldn't refer to him/herself as a "surgeon". edit: typo.
- tptacek 10y agoYou are way out of line. LVH has formal postgrad academic cryptography training, in addition to being in fact a practicing cryptographer. He said he didn't want to talk about his resume. That's a reasonable response, and you don't have the right to insult him because he wasn't responsive enough to your inquiry. Further: I respect the need some people have for anonymity here, but I have a real problem when anonymous commenters cast these kinds of aspersions on people who actually sign their name to what they write.
- cipher0 10y ago> formal postgrad academic cryptography training Could you clarify exactly what that means? > in addition to being in fact a practicing cryptographer. Could you clarify exactly what that means? Also, you look like you're coworkers which explains why you got emotional and you seem biased. Further: I didn't insult him.
- cipher0 10y agoIt appears you're a sweetheart of these forums which explains the downvotes to which my reply is: https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/729050364788400128 https://twitter.com/tqbf/status/729050364788400128
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- sctb 10y agoWe've gone far enough into personal attack territory, let's please stop here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gjkood 10y agoThe silver lining in this exchange chain is that I got to download what looks like a great eBook on Cryptography 101 and a link for future reference. Thank you LVH.
- lvh 10y agoGlad you liked it!
- x1798DE 10y agoI think you completely misread that comment. He was just trying to say he wasn't involved but he has enough domain knowledge that he should be able (and is willing) to answer questions about the protocol. Not, "believe me when I say things because I'm a cryptographer."
- sctb 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13405043 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13405043 and marked it off-topic.