David Wong

cryptologie.net

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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Starfighter

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Thomas Ptacek had left Matasano, 2 years after selling to NCC, and I spotted him talking about a new “hiring” kind of company on hackernews… Well today they announced what is going to be a new kind of hiring process. After the revolution of education with Coursera and other MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), now comes the revolution of hiring. It’s called Starfighter and it will be live soon.

suggested reads:
→ Crypto training at Black Hat US 2016 • blog
→ I got a job! • blog
→ Vegas - Part 2: Blackhat 2015 • blog
← back to all posts blog • 2015-03-09
currently reading:
Starfighter
03-09 blog
recent posts:
New cryptologie.net
07-20 blog
Weaponizing AI Assistants: With Their Permission
07-20 blog
What are Schwartz-Zippel circuits? How do they relate to iterative constraint systems?
05-29 blog
Short Note On Montgomery Reduction: Why Operating Modulo b?
05-24 blog
Still confused by Plonk's permutation?
03-13 blog
📖 my book
Real-World Cryptography is available from Manning Publications.
A practical guide to applied cryptography for developers and security professionals.
🎙️ my podcast
Two And A Half Coins on Spotify.
Discussing cryptocurrencies, databases, banking, and distributed systems.
📺 my youtube
Cryptography videos on YouTube.
Video explanations of cryptographic concepts and security topics.