Sam’s Missives

For the past ~11 months, I was studying for the TCM Security Practical SOC Analyst Associate (PSAA) certification.

‘Don’t roll your own crypto’ is one of the most popular phrases in cryptography.

Deterministic password managers are (in my opinion) a cool idea but are they a good idea?

I just attended a conference for the first time, albeit virtually.

The problem It would seem many people cannot rate and review shows/films properly.

I’ve been working out for the last 5 or 6 years, and one thing I’ve learnt is that there’s a lot of misinformation going around.

The Hated One just released a video discussing some of the problems with Signal, and I agree with a lot of what he said, except for the recommendation to switch to Element.

I was recently asked via email about some good resources for learning about cryptography and thought I should share a padded-out version of my reply here.

As my first blog post of 2021 (I’m going to try and write a blog post once a month), I’d like to talk about Kryptor v3 Beta.

Cyberpunk 2077 is the first game I’ve ever preordered.