Tommaso Gagliardoni

tomgag@infosec.exchange

Cryptography, privacy, quantum security, infosec, retro vibes.I am a mathematician and computer security scientist, with a strong interest in cryptography and anonymity, specialized in quantum security and complex cryptographic protocols. I am also a privacy hacktivist and public speaker, blahblahblah, read my Linkedin bio for this s**t, this is my Mastodon corner.I co-develop Shufflecake, an open source privacy disk encryption tool to help journalists, activists, and whistleblowers evade unjust prosecution.I am an advocate of digital self-sovereignty. You will see me often ranting about Big Tech, enshittification, and surveillance capitalism.Fascinated with anime, Japan, RPGs, retro computing, and all things 80-90's. Notice I wrote "fascinated"

Posts

Post #4031334
And now, after banning vaguely-defined "LLM-generated code", Codeberg bans cryptocurrency projects. Discussion: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1254 The specific ban is for "Content that harms the reputation of Codeberg, such as cryptocurrency related projects". https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/commit/f383b648fd733ab88083dc390b91e77cd7589980 I think the reputation of Codeberg has been now harmed enough. When I originally escaped GitHub, I chose Codeberg exactly f...
Post #4011684
@JonathanTreffler@gruene.social @tante@tldr.nettime.org that clarifies, thanks.
Post #4009248
Codeberg community voted to ban AI-generated code in repositories: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253#issuecomment-19820434 I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development. And still I think this decision will backfire badly. I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you,...
Post #3841325
This made me chuckle. #debian #humor #ipv6 #y2k38 #hackernews
Post #3841251
Here is my favourite new insult: you are load—bearing (em-dash on purpose). #humor #ai #llm #chatgpt #claude #anthropic #opus #emdash
Post #3833338
Mailbox.org price increase: https://mailbox.org/en/news/plan-adjustment-2026/ After Hetzner, another big German IT service provider is raising their prices. Existing customers just got this: "As a valued existing customer, you benefit from a transition period until 31 August 2026. Until then, you can keep your current price for the years ahead by extending your subscription. The more subscription time you add, the longer you will continue to use mailbox at your current price. After that,...
Post #2184214
Some big news regarding mobile OSes: First, Graphene OS has confirmed a partnership with a large OEM to bring support to non-Pixel devices (Snapdragon SoC): https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/ This is good news, but IMHO it only delays the unavoidable demise of free AOSP-based projects since Google is now finally pulling the rug. Second, the FSF announced Librephone, an initiative to bring real freedom to mobile devices: https://www.fsf.org/news/li...
Post #2177735
Great article by F-Droid on "What We Talk About When We Talk About Sideloading". https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html A few excerpts: It bears reminding that “sideload” is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing” [...] the term “sideload” was coined to insinuate that there is something dark and sinister about the proces You, the consumer, purchased your Android device believing in Google’s promise that it was an open computing platf...
Post #1785056
Oh great, just what I needed today. Claude is rolling out identity verification through Peter Thiel's co-funded Persona. This is like having your neighborhood crack gang selling narcotics out of convenience stores, rolling out loyalty card programmes, partnering with a contract security firm to inspect IDs of customers at checkout, and selling that data to the police in the hope of getting permission to sell inside Walmarts as well. #palantir #politics #surveillance #ai #claude #anthropic...
Post #1785055
FYI, I'll be schmoozing around at EUROCRYPT 2026, May 10-14 in Rome. My employer Horizen Labs is a sponsor of this amazing cryptography conference. I'll be giving a talk at the affiliated event CAW (Cryptography Applications Workshop) on the latest updates of Shufflecake, including juicy news on hidden OS. Pass by to say hi! #cryptography #crypto #security #privacy #eurocrypt #iacr #horizenlabs #shufflecake #caw2026
Post #1785053
I've heard Elon Musk is about to launch an amazing new app called Xchat, but I'm confused: I recall using it already in the early 2000's! #xchat #security #privacy #irc #elon #elonmusk #humor #2000s #goodoldtimes #retro
Post #1785051
DeepSeek V4 released! https://api-docs.deepseek.com/ #ai #china #digitalsovereignty #opensource
Post #1785050
BREAKING! GnuPG introduces quantum-resistant ML-KEM (Kyber) as encryption algorithm! https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2026q2/000504.html This is great news! However, as I've been saying for a while, we should stop considering Harvest-Now-Decrypt-Later as the only thing to be immediately concerned about. The problem of signatures (Trust-Now-Forge-Later) is wrongly assumed to be way less urgent, but the reality is that rolling out a certificate migration will be extremely pai...
Post #1660651
BREAKING! Meshcore team splits over dispute over AI-generated code disclosure, and hostile trademark takeover. Meshcore is an off-grid, decentralised mesh radio platform powered by low-cost and public access LoRa radio technology for reliable, long-range emergency text and embedded sensors communication. It can communicate across kilometres — no towers, no subscriptions, no single point of failure. https://blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/the-split #meshcore #meshtastic #lora #radio #opensource #f...
Post #131298
@malb.bsky.social Now, that's an interesting interdisciplinary mix.