cypherpunks

thanks!

cc: @grunfink@comam.es @firefly@neon.nightbulb.net

Can you shed any light on what the cause of the crash was? (Was it something about that image? Or about posts generated by snac2? Or...?)

https://web.archive.org/web/20240303071843/https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/commits/master/

-> latest commit hash as of march 3rd was 15e6e48bef0216480661444a8d8b348c1cca47bb

-> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=15e6e48bef0216480661444a8d8b348c1cca47bb (many copies of the repo exist)

Gutmann is critiquing the fact that quantum computers don’t exist.

No, he is critiquing the fact that, despite a CRQC (cryptographically relevant quantum computer, eg, one large enough to attack currently-deployed cryptographic key sizes) having not been publicly claimed and probably not existing yet, people are spending a lot of effort designing and deploying new post-quantum cryptographic primitives based on the assumption that one probably will exist eventually and possibly soon.

If you think quantum computers don't exist at all, what do you think the numerous customers of the companies listed here (who have been selling them for a while now) have been buying?

There is a relatively broad scientific consensus that a CRQC is likely to be achieved eventually. The belief that it must be impossible because it hasn't been demonstrated yet is the baseless position.

Also, I suspect you're not understanding the difference between quantum cryptography and post-quantum cryptography; they really have nothing to do with each other at all. Your post titles still say "quantum cryptography" which is a thing that Gutmann's essay is not referring to in the slightest (and is a thing which doesn't involve large quantum computers).

It’s not GNUIMP it’s GIMP

what do you think the G is for

(before it was Kool, KDE was a reference to CDE, the Common Desktop Environment)

Ente doesn’t seem to require a CLA.

It turns out, they do have a CLA (with full copyright assignment 😢).

They’d need to implement something like SRP.

Update: I contacted the developers to bring my comment to their attention and it turns out they have already implemented SRP to address this problem (but they haven't updated their architecture document about it yet).

series of tubes

I’ve never once in my life heard an American use clock in a personal manner like that

this comment is in poe's law territory but just in case, fyi: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clock#Verb

His peers overwhelmingly disagree with him.

And even if there aren't CRQCs in our lifetime, the transition to hybrid PQC could end up being worthwhile anyway if there turn out to be some non-quantum advances against some of the classical primitives we're relying on today.

Btw, you should change your post titles here and in the crosspost that you made of this in programmerhumor: what Gutmann is critiquing has nothing to do with quantum cryptography but rather post-quantum cryptography. (Most experts agree that the former is not particularly interesting today.)

I really hope he's right and that there isn't ever a cryptographically relevant quantum computer, but, with all due respect to Peter Gutmann (which is a lot, to be sure) there is a strong consensus that one eventually existing is likely enough that we should be prepared for it. Hilarious essay, though!