David Wong

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cryptography, security, and random thoughts

Hey! I'm David, cofounder of zkSecurity, research advisor at Archetype, and author of the Real-World Cryptography book. I was previously a cryptography architect of Mina at O(1) Labs, the security lead for Libra/Diem at Facebook, and a security engineer at the Cryptography Services of NCC Group. Welcome to my blog about cryptography, security, and other related topics.

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How would you detect an Evil Twin attack, especially in a new environment?

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An interesting question on security.stackexchange

If two wifi have the same name, and you know one is there for a man in the middle attack, then how can you guess which one it is?

There are a lot of interesting answers, like triangulating the signal to see which one is your modem, or checking the MAC address…

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