2026-04-01
Ok I just want to add one thing. Folks, for state actors, the value of having a quantum computer is massively higher if you DON'T tell people you have a quantum computer. Exploiting Bitcoin is a parlor trick. Exploiting the world's communications is where the value is at.
Bloomberg
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with ~20x fewer resources than expected
Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin …
2026-03-31
Ok I just want to add one thing. Folks, for state actors, the value of having a quantum computer is massively higher if you DON'T tell people you have a quantum computer. Exploiting Bitcoin is a parlor trick. Exploiting the world's communications is where the value is at.
Bloomberg
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with 20x fewer resources than expected
Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin …
2026-03-20
A lot of people think the solution to “private AIs” is to just TEEs. This is already the approach being deployed by Meta, Apple and Google. I think that's important, but not really a solution. The problem is that for agentic AI, agents need to interact with the real world.
Wired
Signal's Moxie Marlinspike says his privacy-focused AI platform Confer will integrate its encryption tech into Meta AI to provide E2EE for chatbot conversations
Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI.
So you've built an agent in a local model or a TEE that has access to all your private data. Now what? Does it sit there cogitating privately? Of course not: to be useful, it needs to do stuff. That ranges from simple stuff like search, to more complicated interactions.
Wired
Signal's Moxie Marlinspike says his privacy-focused AI platform Confer will integrate its encryption tech into Meta AI to provide E2EE for chatbot conversations
Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI.
Think how cool the Metaverse could have been if Meta AI worked.
New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and losing ~$80B on the endeavor, as Meta goes all in on AI
Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse.
So all the hard parts are on that boundary between private and public. Or putting things differently (if you're a company supported by advertising), all the juicy parts are in getting the agent to export the valuable monetizable components without all the dreck.
Wired
Signal's Moxie Marlinspike says his privacy-focused AI platform Confer will integrate its encryption tech into Meta AI to provide E2EE for chatbot conversations
Moxie Marlinspike says the technology powering his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, will be integrated into Meta AI.
Shutting down the Metaverse is like admitting your AI can't do amazing things. If you have infinite software development capability, just have your AI build an amazing metaverse.
New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and losing ~$80B on the endeavor, as Meta goes all in on AI
Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse.
2026-03-19
Think how cool the Metaverse could have been if Meta AI worked.
New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and spending ~$80B on the endeavor, as his focus shifts to AI
Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse.
Shutting down the Metaverse is like admitting your AI can't do amazing things. If you have infinite software development capability, just have your AI build an amazing metaverse.
New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg's original metaverse vision is effectively over, after renaming Facebook to Meta and spending ~$80B on the endeavor, as his focus shifts to AI
Five years ago, Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed that the future of Facebook would be the metaverse.
2026-03-15
WhatsApp still maintains end-to-end encryption. But how long do you think that will be true?
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Just in case you don't believe me, here are some resources documenting Meta's very public commitment to default encryption in Instagram DMs. Not “opt in”. https://about.fb.com/... [image]
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
So much valuable training data Meta will now have access to.
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
A big tell is the statement by Meta in this article: “very few people were opting in.” Meta knows opt-in encryption doesn't get adoption, which is why their original strategy was to make encryption on by *default* in WhatsApp, Messenger and their other products. [image]
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Meta appears to be reversing its strong stance on encryption. The first obvious casualty is that they're abandoning and disabling end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs.
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
God, they're not even reading the documents they're frantically updating. Check out this one that promises default E2E in Instagram, then (this week) suddenly pretends it was optional. https://about.fb.com/... [image]
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
They seem to have quietly abandoned the push for encryption to be a default. And now they're quietly abandoning encryption. This is a big 180.
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
2026-03-14
Just in case you don't believe me, here are some resources documenting Meta's very public commitment to default encryption in Instagram DMs. Not “opt in”. https://about.fb.com/... [image]
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company …
WhatsApp still maintains end-to-end encryption. But how long do you think that will be true?
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company …
They seem to have quietly abandoned the push for encryption to be a default. And now they're quietly abandoning encryption. This is a big 180.
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company …
A big tell is the statement by Meta in this article: “very few people were opting in.” Meta knows opt-in encryption doesn't get adoption, which is why their original strategy was to make encryption on by *default* in WhatsApp, Messenger and their other products. [image]
Android Police
Meta says Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8, saying “very few people” were using E2EE in their DMs
Can you imagine a world where WhatsApp stops offering end-to-end encryption (E2EE)? That's not happening, but a different Meta-owned company …