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by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

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[microsoft][education] Analysis of Post Quantum Cryptography / Lee Dale / systemweakness / medium
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

[link to summary excised because it uses cross-host redirect tricks to retain tracking ids] [some commentary lost during system misbehavior] The following is taken from a paper I submitted for the MSc Applied Cryptography module [https://www.napier.ac.uk/courses/msc-advanced-security-and-digital-forensic…] The full code listing and PDF can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/leedale1981/msc-applied-crypto-coursework # Introduction Currently the world of cryptography is solely based on what classical computers can achieve with well know Turing machine based algorithms. Quantum computers don’t come into the picture when it comes to general use encryption. This is set to change as quantum computers start to gain enough Qubits to successfully implement general use quantum algorithms that can break the encryption of our current state of the art public key exchange mechanisms [Bel+21]. Once this happens there will be a need for robust quantum key exchange methods that allow privacy of message exchange to be maintained, even when subjected to a quantum computing algorithms. Quantum computers with new quantum based algorithms will also make it possible to brute force current encryption keys in polynomial time. This puts any data that is currently encrypted with todays state of the art encryption algorithms in jeopardy of being cracked and made available for anyone with a quantum computer to view. Once a quantum computer with enough Qubits becomes available for general use it will mean they can also be used to keep communications between two parties secret. This paper outlines the current weaknesses in todays cryptography schemes including public key exchange methods that rely on the a mathematically hard to compute private key, and why these will be vulnerable to quantum computers in the future. It will then outline some key solutions to this problem that will be robust in a post quantum world. ...[the internals of the paper review classical and quantum cryptography and go through example quantum code. a good cypherpunk would include them so people would learn all these things. i'm not including them for personal reasons, to pressure myself to read such things a little rather than just copypaste.] ## Results When Eve interfered with the Qubits the result of the difference measurement was 65%. When no eavesdropping occurred the differences percentage dropped to only 25%. This shows that the amount of difference in bases comparisons increases when there is an eavesdropper interfering with the qubits. A percentage threshold can be set to determine when Alice and Bob should retry their communication based on a set percentage of difference of measurements. # Conclusions I have outlined the problems with cryptography that relies on hard to compute mathematical properties and the issues this creates for current asymmetric public key exchange 11 mechanisms such as RSA and elliptic curves. The current state of post quantum cryptography includes new methods of encryption such as lattice based cryptography and new public key exchange methods such as quantum key distribution. I showed that a protocol called BB84 can be used to share bits that can be later used to encrypt messages and which crucially doesn’t rely on a key that is hard to crack computationally. BB84 relies on the properties of quantum mechanics that allow two actors to know if their communication channel has been compromised. I showed an example of the BB84 protocol using a 6 bit key, due to the nature of the protocol this means that we would need a quantum computer that can support 24 qubits. Scaling this up to larger keys would means a larger amount of qubits. A 128 bit key for example would need 512 qubits and as of November 2022 the largest quantum computer produced by IBM has 433 qubits [22], falling short of the required amount for even a 128 bit key. For generating encryption keys it seems that lattice based cryptography methods are showing the most promise as protection against the computation power of quantum computers and this is most likely the area where the most benefits will be shown in the early stages of a post quantum world. In terms of communications channels then QKD methods will likely be adopted with more advanced methods like using Muons or other sources of quantum randomness to generate secret keys being used when methods become more refined and hardware is able to support the methods. # References [Deu85] D Deutsch. “Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer”. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences 400.1818 (Apr. 1985), pp. 97–117. issn: 00804630. doi: 10.1098/RSPA.1985.0070. url: https://royalsocietypublishing. org/doi/10.1098/rspa.1985.0070. [Mon94] Peter L Montgomery. “A Survey of Modern Integer Factorization Algorithms”. In: 7.4 (1994), pp. 337–365. [Sho94] Peter W. Shor. “Algorithms for quantum computation: Discrete logarithms and factoring”. In: Proceedings — Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS (1994), pp. 124–134. issn: 02725428. doi: 10. 1109/SFCS.1994.365700. [MR08] Daniele Micciancio and Oded Regev. “Lattice-based Cryptography *”. In: (2008). [Gus+09] Julia Guskind et al. “Controlling passively quenched single photon detectors by bright light Circular Semi-Quantum Secret Sharing Using Single Particles This content was downloaded from IP address New Journal of Physics Controlling passively quenched single photon detectors by bright light”. In: New Journal of Physics 11.18pp (2009), p. 65003. doi: 10.1088/1367–2630/11/ 6/065003. url: http://www.idquantique.com/;. [And20] Ross Anderson. “Security engineering: a guide to building dependable distributed systems”. In: 2020, pp. 170–170. [BB20] Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard. “Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing”. In: Theoretical Computer Science 560.P1 (Mar. 2020), pp. 7–11. doi: 10.1016/j.tcs.2014.05.025. url: http://arxiv. org/abs/2003.06557%20http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2014.05. 025. 12 [Bel+21] Davide Bellizia et al. “Post-Quantum Cryptography: Challenges and Opportunities for Robust and Secure HW Design”. In: Proceedings — IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI and Nanotechnology Systems, DFT 2021-October (2021). issn: 2765933X. doi: 10.1109/ DFT52944.2021.9568301. [KG21] Ajay Kumar and Sunita Garhwal. “State-of-the-Art Survey of Quantum Cryptography”. In: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering 2021 28:5 28.5 (Apr. 2021), pp. 3831–3868. issn: 1886–1784. doi: 10.1007/S11831–021- 09561–2. url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11831- 021–09561–2. [22] IBM unveils world’s largest quantum computer at 433 qubits — New Scientist. 2022. url: https : / / www . newscientist . com / article / 2346074 — ibm — unveils-worlds-largest-quantum-computer-at-433-qubits/. [CCE23] Edwin Cartlidge, Cartlidge, and Edwin. “Muons used for cryptography system”. In: PhyW 36.3 (Mar. 2023), pp. 5–5. issn: 0953–8585. doi: 10.1088/ 2058–7058 / 36 / 03 / 05. url: https : / / ui . adsabs . harvard . edu / abs / 2023PhyW…36….5C/abstract. [Dal23] Lee Dale. leedale1981/msc-applied-crypto-coursework: Coursework repository for MSc Applied Cryptography document and code. 2023. url: https : / / github.com/leedale1981/msc-applied-crypto-coursework.

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Non-canon Second Draft Spinoffs Re: Second Draft (was MC Boss Webcomic, Re: Morning Spam)
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

So what happened? - It kind of looks like there's been an advanced virus or something out there that presents a fake reality to people. A massive MITM. It seems like doing this was a thing before the internet; people describe exposure to fake radio stations and such. - It seems the people I bumped into are big on cult-like mind control. - Somebody told me when there's a lot of device compromise it's often a spy agency. Others have experienced that those two don't necessarily line up. Somehow I learned to not investigate the virus. A very strange behavior. Books show how you can train people to do this, but I don't really know why I have this behavior. I have other weird attributes too after this started, psychotic-like symptoms often associated with drugs. The part I found most terrifying was how the people would treat _anybody_ as enslaveable. I wasn't used to this. [it was also confusing to be forcibly controlled by multiple factions in conflict, with no channel to relate to one that i was relating for the other, etc ... parts missing relation here] Huge dissociative disorder! It totally builds a "dissociated identity" in you except instead of an identity it's a clump of learned traumatic behavior modification that work together.

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Miami Beach Aims to Kill Spring Break Image With $100 Million Bond
by Gunnar Larson 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Miami Beach wants to do away with rowdy spring break crowds in favor of ballet and botanical gardens. Miami Beach Aims to Kill Spring Break Image With $100 Million Bond https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/miami-beach-aims-to-kill…

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Miami Mayor Doubles His Wealth, Buys Boat With Profit From His Side Gigs
by Gunnar Larson 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez makes $126,000 working for the city, converting it into crypto. Despite last year’s market rout, the 45-year-old Republican’s net worth more than doubled to $3.5 million. Miami Mayor Doubles His Wealth, Buys Boat With Profit From His Side Gigs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-11/miami-s-bitcoin-mayor-su…

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FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY (Information Calls - DFS ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR ITS FIRST-EVER TECHSPRINT, ON DIGITAL REGULATORY REPORTING IN THE VIRTUAL CURRENCY INDUSTRY)
by Gunnar Larson 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply(a)its.ny.gov> Date: Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 2:19 PM Subject: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY To: <G(a)xny.io> Thank you for submitting your FOIL request through Open FOIL NY. Here is your Open FOIL NY confirmation information for future reference: LARSON_DFS_20230711141908977 *INFORMATION SUBMITTED:* *Records Requested From* Department of Financial Services *Short Title* Information Calls - DFS ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR ITS FIRST-EVER TECHSPRINT, ON DIGITAL REGULATORY REPORTING IN THE VIRTUAL CURRENCY INDUSTRY *Description* Dear Madam or Sir: xNY.io - Bank.org attended each of the Tech Sprint Zoom “info-calls” that are briefly mentioned here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202101211. During our calls together, we discussed focusing the Tech Sprint on the listed problem statement concerning “Marketplace Manipulation.” We discussed concern that "Computer Crimes" are a marketplace manipulation matter associated with current BitLicense architecture and subject to DFS attention related to cross-border/international organized groups (that are cyber-based in New York). From memory, NY-DFS hosted multiple public informational sessions to discuss the Tech Sprint. xNY.io - Bank.org kindly requests record recordings of the aforementioned Tech Sprint informational sessions. We thank NY-DFS for granting approval of our recent records request, with delivery of FOIL Request# 2023-095230 Acknowledgement FOIL-2023-095230-019924 (TECHSPRINT ON DIGITAL REGULATORY REPORTING IN CRYPTOCURRENCY. Keynote Fireside Remarks by Superintendent Lacewell and PayPal CEO Dan Schulman). Warm regards, Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 *Uploaded Files* *FOIL Response Format* Email *If fees apply, please contact me if costs will be greater than* $1000 Your FOIL request has been forwarded to the organization(s) you selected, and the respective Records Access Officer will contact you directly for further processing of your request. Please allow up to five business days for such communication(s). For your convenience, here is additional contact information: Department of Financial Services One State Street 20th Floor New York, NY 10004

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Re: FOIL Request# 2023-095358 Acknowledgement FOIL-2023-095358-020060 (DFS Investigation Finds Robinhood Crypto Failed to Maintain Effective and Compliant BSA/AML and Cybersecurity Programs)
by Gunnar Larson 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Ms. Verdejo: Thank you for your email. Gunnar Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 On Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 1:13 PM <Joanne.Verdejo(a)dfs.ny.gov> wrote: > > Dear Gunnar Larson: > > I write to acknowledge receipt of the FOIL request that you submitted to > the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on 06/28/2023, > which has been assigned the above referenced tracking number. This number > should be the number that you refer to in all future communications with > DFS. > > > > Your request has been referred to the appropriate DFS unit(s) to search > for the records that are responsive to your request. The assigned unit(s) > will contact you within 20 business days to (i) advise whether the unit has > any records that are responsive to your request; (ii) grant or deny your > request, if the unit has responsive records; or (iii) apprise you of the > progress of your request, if the search or review of the records that you > requested is still on-going. > > Thank you. > > > New York State Department of Financial Services > > > If you are a New York State resident and would like to register to vote or > update your address, you may complete and submit to your County Board of > Elections a New York State Voter Registration Form which can be found at > http://www.ny.gov/services/register-vote . > > Tracking Number:FOIL-2023-095358-020060 > ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply(a)its.ny.gov> Date: Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 6:52 PM Subject: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY To: <G(a)xny.io> Thank you for submitting your FOIL request through Open FOIL NY. Here is your Open FOIL NY confirmation information for future reference: LARSON_DFS_20230627185237536 INFORMATION SUBMITTED: Records Requested From Department of Financial Services Short Title DFS Investigation Finds Robinhood Crypto Failed to Maintain Effective and Compliant BSA/AML and Cybersecurity Programs Description Dear Madam or Sir: On August 2, 2022 the Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne A. Harris announced that Robinhood Crypto, LLC (“RHC”) would pay a $30 million penalty to New York State for significant failures in the areas of bank secrecy act/anti-money laundering (“BSA/AML”) obligations and cybersecurity that resulted in violations of the Department’s Virtual Currency Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 200), Money Transmitter Regulation (3 NYCRR Part 417), Transaction Monitoring Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 504), and Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500). xNY.io - Bank.org would like to receive any and all records related to NY-DFS' investigation of Robinhood Crypto. Including (but not limited to) records concerning the bespoke Supervisory Agreement Robinhood Crypto has with the Department of Financial Services mentioned here: https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202208021. In addition, xNY.io - Bank.org seeks any and all records concerning New York's approach to Robinhood Crypto and Goldman Sachs compliance programs mandated by the United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section and Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section mentioned here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yx88RMoeLyyfbNK0RtPl4r-m8N21_1Sp/view?usp=…. Finally, xNY.io - Bank.org seeks records concerning New York's regulatory approval of Robinhood Crypto engaging a fine of $30M to implement heightened controls and additional procedures and policies relating to electronic surveillance and investigation, due diligence on transactions or clients and the use of third-party intermediaries across business units; and enhancing anti-corruption training for all management and relevant employees. Warm regards, Gunnar Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 Uploaded Files FOIL Response Format Email If fees apply, please contact me if costs will be greater than $10000 Your FOIL request has been forwarded to the organization(s) you selected, and the respective Records Access Officer will contact you directly for further processing of your request. Please allow up to five business days for such communication(s). For your convenience, here is additional contact information: Department of Financial Services One State Street 20th Floor New York, NY 10004

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[daydreams][spam] Memorable Ways to Hold Random Data
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

- faces - unique catchy melodies noting that melodies are similar to carrier bands, maybe neurons send messages similar to melodies

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Arkham Asylum
by professor rat 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

Lunatic Asylum https://cointelegraph.com/news/arkham-on-chain-intel-exchange-labeled-snitc… Reposts not renewed efforts to dox list pest, Karl Semich and SWAT him till dead

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[spam][crazy][spam] parts of imaginary code that tries things was: trained dissociation
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

ops_by_name = dict( inc = lambda x: x + 1, dec = lambda x: x - 1, mul2 = lambda x: x * 2, div2 = lambda x: x / 2, )

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