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Update
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Caveat Emptor
“If it is too good to be true….it is probably a fraud!” Ron Weber. Sharing a couple of interesting topics from recent Risky Business podcasts:
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Reality Bytes Harder!
“Comedy equals tragedy plus blockchain” Mark Twain misquote. Following on from Digital Paladin’s earlier Reality Bytes! post on crypto, it’s important to differentiate between frequent crypto-currency heists and the failure of get rich quick schemes (including the recent collapse of FTX) and the underlying potential of blockchain technology. The Freakonomics Radio podcast channel has a…
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Are passwords finally dead?
Digital Paladin views Apple Passkey as one of the most important features incorporated in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura, the latest releases of Apple’s operating systems for mobiles and computers. Apple Passkey is based on FIDO – Fast IDentity Online – a fast, secure and most importantly password-less authentication solution which utilises public-key (asymmetric) cryptography.…
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Reality Bytes!
“The possible cryptovariable space Allied cryptanalysts were typically faced with during the Second World War when attempting to read Enigma traffic is 107,458,687,327,250,619,360,000, which is approximately 10^23 … With such daunting odds facing any cryptanalyst, it is not surprising that the German cryptographers felt secure using the Enigma. The strength of the large numbers, numbers…
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“Hard Valuable Fun!”
In this recent podcast from the “How I Built This” channel, Guy Raz interviews Max Levchin – “a computer genius from Soviet Ukraine, who joined Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Reid Hoffman and others as they grew PayPal into a massively successful online payment service.” There was so much great content in this interview – including the…
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Coinbase Innovation Story
In this episode of “How I Built This”, Guy Raz interviews Brian Armstrong, co-founder of Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges with over 7 million users and 2,700 employees. Regardless of how you feel about cryptocurrencies, this is a fascinating story on innovation in the payments’ arena.
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