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This is undoubtedly the most promising Post-Quantum TLS deployment situation I have seen for #Tor since we started discussing it more actively in the team. Very exciting!

I hope that OpenSSL 3.5, when released, will make it into #Debian Trixie. That would make deployment of this so much more snappy and easy for the Tor network to upgrade, but that may be dreaming. The timelines here look quite difficult for that to happen, but let's hope.

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Lo and behold, #OpenSSL 3.5 (their upcoming LTS release) will come out here at the beginning of April, and it does indeed support some of these hybrid PQC schemes. Their recent beta2 announcement can be read here: openssl-library.org/post/2025- and their roadmap is at openssl-library.org/roadmap/in

Very excited by this work. Big kudos to the OpenSSL Team here! 🥳🎉 Already planning on giving this a spin with the C implementation of #Tor later this week to see how it goes!

OpenSSL Library · OpenSSL 3.5 Beta Release AnnouncementThe OpenSSL Project is pleased to announce that OpenSSL 3.5 Beta1 pre-release is released and adding significant new functionality to the OpenSSL Library.

If I have a #codeberg account set up, with a verified #ssh key on my account and the corresponding public and private keys in `~/.ssh/`, is there a way that I can make it so that it doesn't ask me for my keyphrase every time I push? I'm sure VSCode could do this, but since I've switched to #Helix, which doesn't have git built-in I've been manually doing the git stuff.
My knowledge of #cryptography and #git are well and truly at the 'barely enough to get myself into trouble' level.
#AskFedi

sciencealert.com/quantum-compu

Researchers from the US and UK used Quantinuum's 56-qubit quantum computer to generate a truly random number for the first time, demonstrating quantum physics' inherent randomness and its potential for secure electronic communication.

The team's experiment, using Aaronson and Hung's protocol, verified the result's randomness across multiple supercomputers, setting a new standard for quantum security.

ScienceAlert · Quantum Computer Generates Truly Random Number in Scientific FirstA quantum machine has used entangled qubits to generate a number certified as truly random for the first time, demonstrating a handy function that's physically beyond even the most powerful supercomputer.

#FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone #incommunicado

A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on #cryptography , #privacy , and #cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer #IndianaUniversity , and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.

arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Ars Technica · FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicadoBy Dan Goodin

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

> A prominent computer #scientist who has spent 20 years publishing #academic papers on #cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer #Indiana #University, and had his homes #raided by the #FBI. No one knows why.

> Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles. He was... arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Ars Technica · FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicadoBy Dan Goodin

'And then there’s #Bitcoin. The #cryptocurrency is exquisitely vulnerable to Q-Day. Because each block in the Bitcoin #blockchain captures the data from the previous block, Bitcoin cannot be upgraded to post-#quantum #cryptography, according to Kapil Dhiman, CEO of Quranium, a post-quantum blockchain security company. “The only solution to that seems to be a hard fork—give birth to a new chain and the old chain dies.”'

wired.com/story/q-day-apocalyp

WIRED · The Quantum Apocalypse Is Coming. Be Very AfraidBy Amit Katwala