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Notes on application security, API security, identity, and API management from the field. Articles are also published on Medium. Browse the archive by topic instead — 124 subjects.
Finite Fields: The Mathematics Behind Cryptography, Error Correction, and Digital Trust
Modern technology runs on mathematics that most people never see.
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The Future of Mathematics: AI’s Impact on the Field
Or, how AI Is Changing Mathematics
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Model Governance: Congratulations, You’ve Hired the Smartest Intern in History
The first thing people do after deploying a Large Language Model (LLM) is ask it to write a poem.
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SD-JWT VC vs. BBS-2023: Why These Aren’t Really the Things You’re Comparing
There is a recurring problem in the Verifiable Credentials world.
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Data Minimization: Why Does the Coffee Shop Need to Know My Blood Type?
Modern identity systems have a bit of a hoarding problem.
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Decentralized Identifiers: Because Apparently We Needed to Rethink the Name Field
For most of the history of digital identity, we’ve had a remarkably simple solution to the question, “Who are you?”
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OAuth2 has always had a fundamental problem: a bearer token is a bearer token. After all, it’s a bearer token.
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Bilinear Pairings: Modern Privacy-Preserving Cryptography
If you’ve spent any time reading about modern cryptography — especially BBS Signatures, attribute-based credentials, or identity-based encryption — you’ve probably encountered the phrase bilinear pairing.
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