I don't pursue an academic career, I'm a freelancer doing various things, yet I published two cryptographic papers in recent years (at real scientific conferenc

I don't pursue an academic career, I'm a freelancer doing various things, yet I published two cryptographic papers in recent years (at real scientific conferences, one at USENIX Security, other at USENIX WOOT). In one case it was even financially viable due to bug bounties. https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentation/bock https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity18/presentat... https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot16/woot16-paper-bock.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/woot16/woot16...