20 May 2019

7 links · Monday

Fixing Random, part 31

Last time in this series we saw that we could compute a continuous posterior distribution when given a continuous prior and a discrete likelihood function; I hope it is clear how that is useful, bu…

Using Ed25519 signing keys for encryption

@Benjojo12 and I are building an encryption tool that will support SSH keys as recipients. For Ed25519 keys that requires converting points between different elliptic curves. Let's see why and how.

Google is using Your Gmail Account to Track Your Purchases

Do you think your email on Gmail is private? If so, you may want to think again, as your Gmail messages are being scanned by Google for purchases, which are then displayed in your Google account.