Rahul Satish

PhD Candidate @itucisat, Masters @BIUCrypto

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Obama just said what everyone’s thinking but too many are afraid to admit: If he had done even a fraction of what Trump’s doing—blacklisting press, punishing dissent, targeting student protestors—the outrage would’ve been deafening.

But now? Silence. Because when the Constitution gets torched by someone in your tribe, suddenly principles are optional.

This isn’t about policy anymore—it’s about power unchecked and hypocrisy on full display.

[Yehuda Lindell @LindellYehuda]

Important to be aware of this so that when we start getting urgent questions about what this means for quantum attacks on crypto, we can say NOTHING and this is why. https://t.co/3Z6FBNpUzS

[Ron Rothblum @ronrothblum]

1/ Excited, but frankly quite worried, about a new work with the wonderful @levs57
and @Khovr: https://t.co/MWF2MiuZiz

We break soundness of a standard protocol (essentially commit to witness and run GKR) by constructing a circuit for which we can prove a false statement.

[Carsten Baum @crypto_carsten]

I just stumbled across this great summary of the state of privacy-preserving authentication, written by Daniel Slamanig. Highly recommended reading for everybody who is interested, in particular those without a cryptography background: https://t.co/KajzjdusTf

[Rand @randhindi]

I wasn’t going to comment on Sunscreen’s allegations initially, but some people I respect and admire have unfortunately rushed to conclusions without asking me about it first. So here is what actually happened and why we decided to take action.

I find it extremely disheartening that anyone would suggest Zama is a patent troll or a bully. This is an insult to Pascal Paillier, Nigel Smart and all others members of our team who spent decades working on FHE.

We spent years and tens of millions of dollars building our FHE technology. And we have always been transparent about our business model: anyone can use our technology for free for research, prototyping and personal use, but for commercial use a proper commercial license is required. That’s how we are able to publish everything while still having a business. This dual licensing model is very common in open source.

In the 5 years since we founded Zama, we never had any issue with it. There are thousands of developers and researchers using our code for non commercial purposes, and dozens of customers paying us to use it commercially. We have never refused to give a license to someone who asked for it, and we even work with some of our competitors.

The reason people work with us is because we build great products, not because they have no choice. There are plenty of alternatives out there, from other FHE schemes such as CKKS or BGV to other technologies such as MPC, ZK and TEEs.

Now to Sunscreen. We can debate the merits of IP in open source, and I would gladly do so on a X space or podcast. But this is not it, this is a simple case of a company using another company’s technology without a proper license.

For the past couple of years, Sunscreen has been publicly saying in their blog posts, in talks and to investors that they had their own version of FHE that was better than Zama’s. But since none of it was open source, we couldn't actually tell.

During that time however, Sunscreen’s engineers kept asking dozens and dozens of questions on Zama’s developer support channels. Questions about why we implemented things a certain way, or how to modify this or that part of our code base. We thought they were simply trying to run benchmarks to compare, so we helped them by answering their numerous questions. We love when people try to beat us, because it forces us to be even better. We even invite our competitors to talk at our own events!

Earlier this year, Sunscreen published an implementation of TFHE on their github. To our surprise, we found that not only did it replicate the core of our technology (programmable bootstrapping), it even reproduced some bugs we had in a previous implementation!

At this point I tried several times to contact Sunscreen’s CEO, asking her to clarify their intended use of our technology. My purpose here was simple: if she told me this was just for research or benchmarking, then we would be perfectly fine with it. When we finally had a chance to chat however, she told me this wasn’t just for research and that she had plans to use it in a commercial product, at which point I said we should put a commercial partnership in place and have Zama support them. I offered various ways that this partnership could happen: as a customer, as a revenue share partner, as an investor etc. My point here was to give her options.

Eventually Sunscreen made it clear they weren't interested in working together, to which I replied they should then remove our technology from their codebase. I also pointed them to alternative FHE schemes they could use, to make sure they had a fallback. Nobody forced Sunscreen to use our technology, they chose to use it. From this point, they simply stopped responding.

A few days later, without warning, Zama received an official letter from Sunscreen’s lawyers, threatening to sue Zama for “tortious interference with prospective economic advantage and interference with contractual relations under the laws of California (and other jurisdictions)”, and saying that Zama’s patents have no value and that they would not remove it from their products unless we sent them a clear, detailed explanation of where our patents were used in their code. Sunscreen, not Zama, turned this into a legal dispute.

So naturally we answered back through our own lawyers, sending a very detailed explanation showing line by line where their code used our technology, and asking that they stop using it for commercial purposes. We also asked that they stop lying publicly about benchmarks, as this is simply false marketing and detrimental to Zama and the entire space.

So yes, we do think we have the right to defend ourselves against a company that appropriates our work as their own, makes blatantly false claims about it and sends us their lawyers instead of trying to solve this amicably.

If Sunscreen wants to solve this, it’s very simple:
- Either they get a proper license
- Or they make it clear it’s purely for research purposes
- Or they stop using our technology commercially and use one of the many existing alternatives

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

Game-changer for Indian academia and for youth empowerment!

The Cabinet has approved ‘One Nation One Subscription’, which will strengthen our efforts to become a hub for research, learning and knowledge. It will also encourage interdisciplinary studies.

https://t.co/qbBoT71vON

[Rahul Satish @rahul__satish]

@SaptarshiKumar4 Congratulations 🙌

[Radhika Barman 🇮🇳🍉🕊️🐘🌱⛓️🇸🇩 @RadhikaBarman5]

Today, I visited a relative’s house, someone who identifies strongly with the Left. Within minutes, words like “Muslim crowd, demography, Rohingya, Humayun Kabir, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, TMC Islamisation” filled the room. (1/20)

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Academic ironies

[Carsten Baum @crypto_carsten]

Wow, the last 50 years of physics research must have been super lame for them to hand out Nobel prizes for Computer Science results now.

[Carsten Baum @crypto_carsten]

Save the date!

The next NordiCrypt will take place on Friday November 15th in Odense. More details will follow after the Eurocrypt deadline.

[Claudio Orlandi @claudiorlandi]

The next edition of Theory and Practice of Multi-Practice Computation (TPMPC) will take place in Bangalore March 3rd-6th, and the deadline for submitting talks is October 15th. This is much earlier than in previous years, please help spread the word!
https://t.co/j6AUkbOODX

[TheLiverDoc™ @theliverdoc]

Why do we often label straightforward people who likes to speak out the truth on the face of others as arrogant? Isn't it a quality to be proud of?

1. Straightforward people are blunt - That delivery is often misinterpreted as bitchiness.
2. They have absolutely no filter - And guess what, dogmatic people love a filter.
3. They always speak truth - Even when it hurts the most. Which will make them rude because many cannot stand the truth.
4. Zero tolerance for bullshit - So again it's a issue for others who use bullshittery to sugarcoat misinformation and it makes them rude with out any reason.
5. They become automatically lead and end most arguments - Which makes BS-ers jealous so they will find them rude unnecessarily.
6. They are serious and sarcastic at the same time - Which will offend people without critical thinking skills around them.
7. They don't sugarcoat anything - They will tell you the thing as it is. And dogmatic illogical people love a bit of sweetness.
8. They avoid gossips - So people will find them rude because they don't listen. And they dont listen to whataboutery. Which people find "rude," because ignoring a moron is the best way to end an irrational debate.
9. They avoid "two" faced people, fence-sitters and diplomats - So "two" faced people (e.g: arguments starting with, "I do not support Homeopathy, but...") will hate them most definitely.
10. They are honest AF - Which you can not expect from everyone so honesty will make them rude if you say something which other people don't like.

Be rude if being logical, rational and straightforward is "rude." It's absolutely fine.
It helps many many. Pisses off only some some.
Peace 🙏

Source: https://t.co/2r8W0KoQvq

[Rahul Satish @rahul__satish]

@manyu216 I completely agree. Baiting people for personal gain is absolutely pathetic. This kind of behavior deserves no respect whatsoever. I feel responsible for responding to it but just felt too helpless.

[Rahul Satish @rahul__satish]

One builds a career by understanding their audience and the digital world, yet misses the mark on something so basic? Not tipping isn't just resisting a "scam"-it’s about respecting the hustle. Waiters, often students, rely on tips to survive while juggling work and studies(1/2)

[Ishan Sharma @Ishansharma7390]

Tipping is such a scam in New York!💀

Why do I pay extra just because restaurants pay minimum hourly wages?

Ordered a crepe, club sandwich and Panini for $45(Rs. 3800).

We paid $50 cash and the waiter just took the rest as tip.

I asked for change and she said "you have to pay the tip" and went away.

I asked "is it mandatory?" and she just ignored me.

And my friend(a local) felt guilty for not paying atleast 20% tip!

20% for what?

INSANE!🤯

[Rahul Satish @rahul__satish]

Yes, the tipping culture is flawed, but venting to millions without doing your due diligence only hurts those working hard to survive. It’s not just always about the principle, but the people. Being mindful of the struggles behind the service could change your perspective. (2/2)

[Shantanu @shaandelhite]

Press conference of SEBI chairman Madhabi Poori Buch.

Soros fans should watch this…

[Adheesh T @Ad_Tel_210168]

A QUICK PRIMER OF SCAMS SINCE 2014

DAAL CARTEL: Almost immediately after 2014 elections, pulses & lentils prices in India went through the roof. This was a result of a cartel. Adani name featured in it. Case vanished, officers transferred. Probably recovery of 2014 campaign

1/5

[Alison Kriel 💚 @AKLondon UpScrolled @AlisonKriel]

Can’t share this often enough

#Riots

[Dr Jhunu Mukherjee, MD( Psy) @JhunuDr]

No amount of #alcohol is safe for your health @theliverdoc