I am in awe of @nealstephenson successfully predicting both Bitcoin (in Cryptonomicon) and Cryptolocker-style ransomware (in REAMDE)
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Replying to @bascule
@bascule@nealstephenson What do you mean predicting? http://www.syros.aegean.gr/users/tsp/citations_dnl/ieee96.pdf …, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware_(malware)#Encrypting_ransomware …1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@matthew_d_green we're talking about ransomware that uses a digital currency for payment (and@nealstephenson predicted cryptocurrency too)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bascule
@bascule When I was a wee lad at AT&T Labs, the security researchers used to talk about running into@nealstephenson at their conferences.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @matthew_d_green
@bascule I got my PhD largely on the theory that@nealstephenson would still be at those conferences. Have been disappointed.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@matthew_d_green @nealstephenson lolol :(
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