4 ms·
Bruce has also been hardcore anti-cryptocurrency. From a pure cryptography perspective the innovations around zero knowledge proofs are very intriguing and it’s
by monero-xmr 4y ago
Bruce has also been hardcore anti-cryptocurrency. From a pure cryptography perspective the innovations around zero knowledge proofs are very intriguing and it’s highly unlikely they would have happened as quickly without the monetary benefit of cryptocurrency pushing such research forwards. However Bruce is an extreme statist, and if he had his way I’m sure all cryptography would be backdoored.
- czx4f4bd 4y agoReally? Bruce is pro-backdoor? Where's that pro-backdoor advocacy in this essay from 2013 on evading NSA surveillance and warning about the risk of backdoored cryptography? https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2013/09/nsa_surveillance_a_g.html https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2013/09/nsa_surveil... Or this essay from 2016 arguing that backdoors sabotage security? https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2016/04/the_value_of_encrypt.html https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2016/04/the_value_o... Or this essay from 2019 decrying yet another effort to backdoor encryption? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/12/scaring_people_.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/12/scaring_peopl...
- monero-xmr 4y agoThis is, without a doubt, the craziest thing I have ever seen pushed out by a someone who purports to know something about cryptography, law, and political advocacy: https://www.lawfareblog.com/tornado-cash-not-free-speech-its-golem https://www.lawfareblog.com/tornado-cash-not-free-speech-its... Schneier has gone off the deep end
- yifanl 4y agoDo you have a substantial argument against Schneier beyond "Schneier is a crazy statist"?