RE: https://mastodon.world/@signalapp/116478659183004819
This is a good thread. I like how carefully they take responsibility for where they could have done better, and at the same time very clearly state what isn't a problem with Signal.
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Like, it's both very true that a phishing attack against Signal users isn't a vulnerability with Signal, and that given the high value of Signal accounts, they can and should do more to proactively resist phishing attacks. They don't let either one of those truths overshadow the other, and good on 'em.
Oh, right, I forgot it's "drop your credulous quantum hype on an equally credulous readership" day.
Remember, progress in quantum computing is always happening incrementally, press releases be damned.
The surest sign of the AI bubble popping that I've seen yet is AI vendors going back to QC programs and begging them to roll up results into press soundbites.
QC is reliable that way, there's always some results and some progress being made that companies can point to when they need a boost.
I do continue to think that quantum computing is very different than blockchains, NFTs, AI, metaverse, or whatever other tech fads. In particular, it's different because it's real research backed by real science, even despite being throughly toxic in culture.
But that also means that QC is always there for companies to turn to when whatever other fad bursts.
Reading analysis of the Claude Code leak (not reading the code itself, of course) is evidence towards what I had kind of suspected, that the whole thing is a giant magic trick not only in the straightforward LLMentalist way, but also in the sleight of hand way off making you think that this pile of regexes and JSON schema validation loops is *actually* the LLM doing LLM things.