Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city I spend a lot of time thinking about all the ghosts that live in old electronics.
Preservation, art, old tech.
18+ only
Something beautiful is going to happen.
(she / they)
Writing: antientro.pics
Patreon: www.patreon.com/caraesten
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com civilian drone technology and GIS/spatial data consultant, journalist and writer, monitors small drones in the Ukraine war, humanitarian-aid adjacent, always annoying online. they/them pronouns. read my newsletter: https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io
Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social your fuel prices, explained honestly.
data over politics, no tolerance for political BS.
thousands of interviews | trusted by every White House administration.
Integrity matters.
Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social Professor, Stanford Law School.
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
Author, The Digital 4th Amendment:
https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Fourth-Amendment-Privacy-Policing/dp/0190627077/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social feelings, now more than ever!
wrote some stuff in some places
Jennifer Granick @granick.bsky.social Personal account. Former ACLU lawyer. From New Jersey. Living in San Francisco. New College of Florida alum. Newfie owner.
Anthony Etherin @anthonyetherin.bsky.social Poet, wordplayer, musician, editor, bassist, guitarist, backgrounds in physics & publishing
KNIT INK (AND OTHER POEMS): https://store.deepvellum.org/products/knitink
AnthonyEtherin.com
Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social Away for a while. Making and mending networks and knowledge. Working and thinking at wrecka.ge, co-running a volunteer unbreak-the-news collective at @unbreaking.org.
Previously: Covid Tracking Project, OpenNews, old web nonsense.
Tessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com you're in her DMs, I made her Germ DM 🔌
ceo and cofounder of @germnetwork.com 🌱 san franciscan today, chicagoan 4eva
proponent of life on earth 🐝
lately writing at https://rhosf.leaflet.pub
Nico @nmohnblatt.me picious until proven otherwise.
Cryptography research and auditing at zkSecurity. Recurring co-host on the ZKPodcast.
nmohnblatt.me
iximeow @there.is.no.aarch64.mov made out of meat. making computers pretend to be computers
Ben Adida @benadida.com I lead an incredible team building voting machines everyone can trust. https://voting.works
Optimistic about judicious uses of tech. Systems, security, privacy, cryptography, and the web are my jam.
Previously: Clever, Square, Mozilla, Harvard, MIT.
Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: joseph@404media.co
nora @nora.bsky.social Engineer and Applied Cryptographer working in the ASML at Harvard’s BKC.
Led cryptography R&D at Juicebox and privacy projects at Signal.
Passionate about fostering inclusive communities, mentoring women in tech, and building third spaces for creatives.
Christian Knabenhans @cknabs.bsky.social PhD student @EPFL; ex-@ETH
Taking privacy-enhancing crypto (mainly zkSNARKs & FHE) from theory to practice, and back.
🇨🇭🇫🇷 🏳️🌈
Michele Orrù @tumbolia.bsky.social A curious child. https://michele.orru.net
Giacomo Pope 🍄 @giac.bsky.social Isogenies, Cryptography and Goose Emojis🪿
Gareth T. Davies @gareth-t-davies.bsky.social Cryptography at NXP
sasha @sasha.place PhD Student at UMD studying Cryptography
website: sasha.place
Formerly at Meta/Cornell
Matteo Scarlata @hjkl.space software occultist
Kien Tuong Truong @kientuong114.bsky.social PhD Student at ETH Zurich, Cryptography and more
Miro Haller @mirohaller.bsky.social PhD student @ UCSD working on applied cryptography
https://mirohaller.com
Peter Scholl @schollster.bsky.social
Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social Philadelphian in Cascadia. Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. 🔓
"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." 🌲
(he/they)
Franziskus @franziskuskiefer.de 🔐 High Assurance Dad @celabs.eu | Advisor @cryspen.com
Colm MacCarthaigh @colmmacc.bsky.social VP / Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services. Also: Open Source and Apache, Cryptography, Irish Music, mediocre Photography.
Emily Stark @estark.bsky.social Encryption, HTTPS, certificates, web security, security UX, software engineering and management, TMI about parenting. Opinions are my own.
Steve Weis @handle.invalid Security Engineer interested in cryptography, information security, & privacy engineering.
Emmanuela Orsini @emmanuelaorsini.bsky.social
Carsten Baum @cryptocarsten.bsky.social Professor at DTU Compute. Passionate about Cryptography, Hummus and coffee. - T @trevperrin.bsky.social @trevperrin.bsky.social
Diego F. Aranha @dfaranha.bsky.social Associate Professor of Cryptographic Engineering at Aarhus University. https://dfaranha.github.io/
ais @aisconnolly.bsky.social Privacy, MPC, and coSNARKs at TACEO
Stefano Tessaro @stefanotessaro.bsky.social Professor at the University of Washington, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering @uwcse.bsky.social
Working on cryptography, theoretical computer science, and computer security.
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~tessaro/
Sabine Oechsner @proofnerd.bsky.social cryptography and pretty proofs | PL-curious | everything is MPC | assistant professor @ VU Amsterdam
soechsner.de
Luca De Feo @bsky.defeo.lu Researcher in cryptography @ IBM Research, chief isogenista, SageMath developer, DevOps in my spare time. Opinions my own.
On Mastodon: @luca_defeo@ioc.exchange
Krijn Reijnders @krijn.isogeni.es Post-doc in post-quantum cryptography. Mostly isogenies nowadays. See krijnreijnders.com
Karen Chu @karenchu.online ✨ OSPO // @swift.org community
✨ @cncf.bsky.social ambassador
✨ @helm.sh community manager
Tyver Foucault @thedoorthedoor.bsky.social The air in your lungs remembers being a storm. The iron in your blood, a sword.
Banner by @thxnywy.art
neotl @ctrlcreep.bsky.social get me out of this shape
Real World Crypto Symposium @rwc.iacr.org The official Real World Cryptography Bluesky feed. Follow us for news of upcoming events.
Helger Lipmaa @helger.bsky.social Cryptography professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Zero-Knowledge. SNARKs.
Tancrède Lepoint @tancre.de Applied Scientist at AWS • Cryptographer • My opinions are my own • 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
Peter Schwabe @cryptojedi.bsky.social Researcher in cryptographic engineering at MPI-SP.
Paul Rösler @roeslpa.bsky.social Assistant Prof. for Real-World Cryptography at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Worked at NYU, TU Darmstadt, and Ruhr Uni Bochum before.
https://roeslpa.de
Nigel Smart @smartcryptology.bsky.social Cryptographer
Martin R. Albrecht @malb.bsky.social Cryptography Professor at King's College London and Principal Research Scientist at SandboxAQ. Erdős–Bacon Number: 6. He/him or they/them.
https://malb.io
Kenny Paterson @kennyog.bsky.social Bit flipper
Aria Desires @gankra.bsky.social it's me, the gay cat who writes your docs~!
author of the rustonomicon and learn rust with entirely too many linked lists; worked on homestuck, rust-lang, swift-lang, firefox
she/her, trans, 30
Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com Portland-based mathematician and software engineer. Building a homomorphic encryption compiler at Google.
https://jeremykun.com/linkgraph
https://heir.dev
Alex Finkeldey @scatterbee.bsky.social illustrator & picture book maker // Kingston 🇨🇦// cat enthusiast
portfolio: https://artbyscatterbee.com
books, socials, etc: https://bio.site/scatterbee
Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social https://www.bodegacats.nyc
kate conger @kateconger.com tech reporter for the NYT!
co-author of CHARACTER LIMIT!
signal: kateconger.11
buy our book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/character-limit-by-kate-conger-and-ryan-mac/
tour dates & translations: https://linktr.ee/kateconger
Daira-Emma Hopwood @daira.bsky.social Zcash's official load-bearing catgirl. The only good fascist is a dead fascist. How to pronounce my name: 'dɜːɹə 'ɛmə 'hɔ́pwʉd
Jon Millican @jonmillican.bsky.social Applied privacy engineer in the UK. Currently at OpenAI. Previously helped to lead end-to-end encryption for Messenger at Meta. he/him- B Ben Laurie @benlaurie.bsky.social Exploring the foundations of trust.
Anna Lysyanskaya @annalysyanskaya.bsky.social www.cs.brown.edu/~anna
CS Prof @ Brown. Cryptography, especially privacy-preserving protocols, such as anonymous credentials. she/her
American, originally from Ukraine.
Bernoid @bernoid.bsky.social Carpe fungum. Illustrator. Naturalist. Author of Secrets of a Devon Wood https://www.nhbs.com/secrets-of-a-devon-wood-book
SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com computer security person. former helpdesk
J. B. Bartram @jbbartram.bsky.social Illustrator, ceramicist, graphic designer, studio gnome. She/her.
Pottery shop: heywitch.bigcartel.com
Newsletter: https://hey-witch.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Christoph Niemann @christophniemann.bsky.social artist
www.christophniemann.com
Riana @riana.bsky.social Tech policy researcher at Stanford. Former litigator. Anger is an energy. Dum spiro spero. she/her
Amanda 🍄 @mushroomweekly.bsky.social Bacteriologist and mushroom enthusiast 🍄
Working in water quality, feral fungi finder in my free time 😎
M.E.H. @mehoward.bsky.social Hiker.
Nature Photographer.
Just here to share my nature photos.
None of my content is AI generated. Ever.
youtube.com/@MEHoward
amazon.com/dp/B07XW8T858
Thomas Ptacek @sockpuppet.org Full of passionate intensity.
Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social Together for Wildlife
🍄Strangely Pleasant🍄 @weirdyweirdo.bsky.social Northern Minnesota, cat lover, professional dabbler and full time dork.
To support my schemes and plots or if you want pics of my feet:
cashapp: $Strangelypleasant
Venmo: @Strangelypleasant
Twitter: @weirdyweirdo3
Indy @1ndi60.bsky.social
buttplug.io 🍑🔌 - Open Source Sex Tech @buttplug.io Open Source Sex Toy Control Software.
Supports over 700 different devices!
posts by @buttplug.engineer
Give money: https://patreon.com/qdot
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banner: @doe.gay
qdot @buttplug.engineer Teledildonticist, Arctic Fox, Cube
🍑🔌 @buttplug.io
🌐 @good.as.hell.domains
💼 nonpolynomial.com
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he/him
art by @gavbat.bsky.social
uel @greaterrealityarea.net uel aramchek. tarot, writing, high weirdness. minneapolis based.
greaterrealityarea.net, formerly compoundeye.substack.com, northofreality.com
Tanuki’s Revenge @tanukisrevenge.bsky.social Creating Signal Joke
Puff! Make a wish!
Stickposter
Bard
#WeirdLittleMushroomFolk Creator/Artist
Enchanted Forest adjacent
Lovable enemy of gnomes
Dr. Gordon Walker @fascinatedbyfungi.bsky.social UC Davis PhD Biochemist (He/Him)
Passionate about all forms of fungi and fermentation 🍺🍷🥖🧀🍄🟫🫘🥬🌶️
Presenting emotionally engaging educational mushroom content 🍄😍🥺😳🤯😱🫨😈
Cantabridgian Gone Californian 📍Napa
Mildly Canadian 🇨🇦
🔗 https://fascinatedbyfungi.me/
Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social Thirt(ies) and feeling invert-y 🐙 MSc in Arctic and North Atlantic deep-sea weirdos ❄️ Ex-professional jellyfish mom ♨️ she/her 🇨🇦
ePrint Updates @eprint.ing.bot Unofficial bot tracking the IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive (eprint.iacr.org). Maintained by @str4d.xyz.
Currently only posts about new papers. Author names are linkified to Bluesky accounts (cryptography.social); contact maintainer for inclusion/removal.
Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip Former biologist. Actual PhD in genetics. Security, OS security teaching at https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu.
Blog: https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog
Signal: @mjg.59
He/him
Opinions expressed here are mine, not my employer's
hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social haskell/rust/art/shitposting/assyrian
she/her (like a ship, not like a person)
blog: recursion.wtf
☯︎ Erix ☯︎ @handle.invalid Present
Fun Girl 🍄💜✨ @fungirl.bsky.social Nature posting covid-conscious mushroom lady. Photos are my own. Sees things that are there. Pattern-spotter. All-around curious critter. Meanderer. Perfectly practical in every way ✨
Star Simpson @starstar.bsky.social Aviation, automation & a long list of other interests. 🇩🇪🇯🇲 Repeal the Jones Act ⛔️🚢 From Hawaii 🌺 Used to live in Iceland 🇮🇸 ég get varla talað íslensku. Eyes bigger than bookshelf.
johnny, uplifted octopus @generativist.com this is my bio line
Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social I teach cryptography at Johns Hopkins. https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com
Mountain @mountain.bsky.social Semi-farm kind of life
Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
Kris Nuttycombe @nutty.land Haskell, climbing, blacksmithing; occasional SCAdian, compiler-induced psychosis. I work on the core Zcash team at https://zodl.com and build software for worker-owned cooperatives at https://aftok.com by night.
Signal: @nuttycom.01
avi 🐰 @llzes.bsky.social I love rabbits, cheesecake, cute things
sanketh @sanketh.bsky.social doctoress of cryptography
🏳️⚧️ they/them
✍🏽 https://ciphertext.blog
🖼️ pfp by astrophysician
🧑🏽💼 views=own
Jimmy Zelinskie @jimmy.zelinskie.com Cofounded @authzed.com. Exited Red Hat, CoreOS.
I build distributed systems, databases, authorization systems, containers, and businesses. NYC transplant in SF.
Lea Kissner @leak.bsky.social Security, privacy, respect. Was the Twitter CISO until it was terrible. Now LinkedIn CISO. they/them
Zakir Durumeric @zakird.com Internet Security, Trust, and Safety Researcher. Stanford CS Faculty, Censys Founder and Chief Scientist, ZMap Creator. https://zakird.com/
Yolan @anomalroil.bsky.social Crypto means maths. Cryptogopher doing random stuff on the internet, quite literally.
xtina @normal.bsky.social 🔙🔛🔝- M @mmou.bsky.social @mmou.bsky.social
J.C., keeper of MiniSquish 🏳️⚧️ @insufficient.coffee Pilot. SWE. SRE. WebPKI and Cryptography Engineer. Stuffed-animal handler. Work @ Lets Encrypt (opinions my own). Arizonan. 🇺🇸🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
They/them https://en.pronouns.page/@jc_coffee
- Former editor of W3C WebAuthn.
- Blog at https://insufficient.coffee/
Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org Astrophysicist turned advocate; guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety.org, https://josephhall.org/, (former CDT, NYU, Princeton CITP, Berkekey iSchool/Astro)
Sean Devlin 🍄 @toadstyle.org he/him
https://toadstyle.org/cryptopals/
Viola Stefanello @viola.bsky.social 🗺️ physically in Milan, mentally online
📇 journalist / fandom, games, internet, tech and other stories @ilpost.it + occasionally writer elsewhere
https://linktr.ee/violastefanello
Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert @geomys.org founder / RC F'13, F2'17
Cryptogopher / Go cryptography maintainer
https://filippo.io / https://github.com/FiloSottile
https://mkcert.dev / https://age-encryption.org
https://sunlight.dev / https://filippo.io/newsletter
Zaki Manian @zmanian.bsky.social