Case in point: cryptocurrencies.
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the real problem bitcoin provides a solution to is the decentralisation of trust. we've always needed central banking, until bitcoin used cryptography and maths to provide that truth
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Trust me, you do not want me to get started on the shoddy pseudo assumptions behind that claim. Long story short: Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are a blight to the Earth, a uselessly speeding up the coming of the eventual heat death of the universe.
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Ah yes, the math majors finally come back to the liberal arts people : “how do people work?”
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It's not exactly finally, I've held this position for decades...
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I am happy that you didn't go for "Cryptography is the attempt of solving social problems with math. Hence, it won't work. <mic drop>" :-)
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It's quite the opposite: cryptography is extremely good at solving many social problems to the point that people forget that they are social problems to begin with.
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At the end of the day cryptography is about how humans keep secrets, no? Doesn't sound like math is that important. The telephone pager code system from "The Wire" comes to mind.
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Math is important because it allows to systemically classify and attack these systems, figuring out which ones are save and which ones are not (simple substitution ciphers are, in fact, not)
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That's a spot-on take, too. I also consider the psychology and economics of security and privacy when approaching it this way. Cryptography happens at a lower level than people interact, so it seems paramount that we consider the human-level aspects that are more people-facing.
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This is a good panel write-up you might find interesting, titled, "Usable Cryptography: Manifest Destiny or Oxymoron?": https://www.andrewpatrick.ca/cv/Zurko-FC-2008.pdf … (h/t
@aspatrick &@mzurko)
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