back
user profile
seanieb
1,522karma·339submissions·July 15, 2010
about
Working on computer security & encryption stuff.
https://conic.al
recent activity (339 total)
comment
Before launching the product behind this there were questions about regulatory compliance. > “Andrea Walne, Carta's head of liquidity solutions, was pushed out after she raised concerns about…
comment
There’s examples going back years to when they released the third party sales product, CartaX. Funnily there were internsl signs that there were problems with this product before it launched: “Andrea …
comment
It appears as if they didn’t just mishandle the data, but also used that data to help investors price their offers based on several confidential factors.
comment
* they’re not just using that private information to nag you. They appear to be abusing their access to confidential information to price it for the buyers too.
comment
Yes, I believe they were one of the first companies to have that feature. It was on my previous XC60 too, which was my primary car. I never experienced one case of phantom breaking on the highway, whi…
comment
It would be much more productive to ask why rather than to dismiss my observations as some sort of grunge against the CEO. See my other comments. I also have a Volvo XC60 with lane keeping, I find it&…
comment
I've had my car for about the same length of time. It is fun to drive when it's working. The first two years were uneventful, but it was evident that the build quality was subpar and the sof…
comment
Tesla Model 3, owner here. The list of reasons why I will never buy a Tesla again is too long, but they pretty much all boil down to cheap parts and poor build quality. That goes for their software al…
comment
Trevor Perrin, who co-designed the Signal Protocol, made the point that most people don’t have to do this. If a few people do, an adversary won’t know if the target is verified or not. If they MITM th…
comment
WhatsApp shipped key transparency before Apple. I assume FB will follow.
comment
Telegram conversations are not end to end encrypted. If you do opt to use their end to end encrypted chat feature it only works on a 1:1 basis, and uses a dodgy protocol. The owner of telegram , compa…
comment
Worse. Only a tiny fraction of child abuse material cases actually get investigated due to lack of resources… this debate about scanning is an insane distraction.
comment
We were not even at a point where that question needs to be asked. Federal and state police, some of the best funded, equipped and trained police in the world are so inundated with cases that they are…
comment
That’s great and all, but I’d settle for my Model 3 Autopilot staying in its lane and not trying to slam me into the median.
comment
Love Zulip. It’s such a well developed and mature project. I can’t believe it’s not eating Slacks lunch.
comment
Yahoo!'s cache still has a cache of the page:
https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=https%3a%2f%2fgithub.com%2... It wasn't obliviously named at all. The toplevel folders were: …
comment
What happens to the serial security recidivists? Where are the regulators? LastPass has had security incident after security incident, how are they still allowed to operate?
comment
Has anyone calculated the federal sentencing guidelines points for his conviction?
comment
Been a while since I worked on security at Patreon, but I have had some insight to Trust & Safety and Legal teams at Patreon, these allegations sound like absolute junk. Patreon is also pushing ba…
comment
its back.
comment
I just checked, this isn't true. I've Google Calendar entries from over 10 years ago. Where did you get the idea that they delete anything older than 2 years?
comment
persecution complex is probably more accurate.
comment
Why stop there! Why trust your phone OS… When it comes to trust it’s turtles all the way down, you have to start somewhere.
comment
Is PGP a zombie technology that won’t ever die because there are organizations that have nailed their identity to it? (For everything you think you should use PGP for please use Age - https:/…