If there's one thing I took away from ProPublica@newsie.social's explosive #IRSFiles, it's that #TaxAvoidance (which is legal) isn't a separate phenomenon from #TaxEvasion (which is not), but rather a thinly veiled euphemism for it:
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But the same anti-corruption movement that revitalized the IRS has also taken root in Washington, where reformers instituted a new capital gains tax aimed at the ultra-wealthy that has funded a renaissance in infrastructure and social spending:
'Today we are happy to announce the first step in advancing quantum resistance for the Signal Protocol: an upgrade to the X3DH specification which we are calling PQXDH. With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of a quantum computer being built in the future that is powerful enough to break...
From signal.org/docs/specifications/pqxdh/#passive-qua…
PQXDH is designed to prevent “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks by adversaries with access to a quantum computer capable of computing discrete logarithms in curve.
Also:
PQXDH is not designed to provide protection against active quantum attackers.
Basically this makes it pointless to collect any data now with the intent to decrypt it in the future - e.g. the NSA collecting all your encrypted messages to decrypt them all in 5-10 years once they have a capable quantum computer.
It does not protect against an active quantum attacker - of which there are currently none, so work in the field is likely expected to continue.
When are people finally going to stop teaching students to write their essays and theses entirely in passive voice?! 😩 #argh#grading#passive#academicWriting
Washington State enacted a 7% capital gains tax levied on annual profits in excess of $250,000, and made a fortune, $600m more than projected in the first year, despite a 25% drop in the stock market and blistering #InterestRate hikes:
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Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol (signal.org)
'Today we are happy to announce the first step in advancing quantum resistance for the Signal Protocol: an upgrade to the X3DH specification which we are calling PQXDH. With this upgrade, we are adding a layer of protection against the threat of a quantum computer being built in the future that is powerful enough to break...