Author Archives: TheGeek

Giants fix Saquon Barkley mistake in latest mock draft

New York Giants fans still aren’t over the fact that the franchise moved on from Saquon Barkley, but the Giants have a chance to fix that mess in the NFL Draft. Thanks to the Dexter Lawrence trade, New York now has two first-round picks, No. 5 and No. 10, so the franchise controls the early… Read More »

Contrary to popular superstition, AES 128 is just fine in a post-quantum world

On Monday, Valsorda finally channeled years’ worth of frustration, fueled by the widely held misunderstanding, into a blog post titled “Quantum Computers Are Not a Threat to 128-bit Symmetric Keys.” “There’s a common misconception that quantum computers will ‘halve’ the security of symmetric keys, requiring 256-bit keys for 128 bits of security,” he wrote. “That… Read More »