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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Outfits for the lesser known sequel to "four weddings and one funeral": "two conferences and one wedding"

Outfit for panel appearance at one of the conferences

Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I have a film shoot for two thirty second films for the company today. Also a new and extremely pink (sorry "hyacinth", we can't call things pink in the Pixel store) phone.

A picture of me in the mirror with an extremely pink phone. You might think it's only the phone cover, but the phone itself has the exact same color, and I love it. My wife is very jealous of its pinkishness.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

The three energy levels of the cat atom, before excitement.

Three cats sitting on a cat tree, each occupying one level.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

You can now download the spec for ML-KEM over a connection secured with ML-KEM. An honor it shares with I guess SP 800 38D, and, if you change ClientHello, P256. And also RFC 7748, if you want to extend it further. csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/203/final

NIST's page for ML-KEM, showing that Chrome used X25519MLKEM768 to access the website

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

I don't get why anybody is listening to Jacob Applebaum. My cat has about the same expertise in cryptography, and has never been credibly accused of sexual abuse. She's also a lot cuter.

Photo of a donut with an opening showing the pitch black interior. The void has eyes

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

The Deutsches Museum Thermometer has an out of bounds exception

The weather station at the Deutsches Museum, measuring 37 degrees Celsius on the floor, with the visualisation only going up to 35 degrees.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Visiting my parents and my brother's children. $30 children's toy microscopes certainly have improved a lot since I was a child.

Stinging nettle in close up. Stinging hairs are visible on the side of the leaf, ready to break off and sting someone

A small girl, her aunt, a children's toy microscope, and a laptop

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

In order to go viral on Mastodon, your post should include at least one cat and some criticism of AI. So here is Binah disliking large language models.

A mediocre picture of a black kitten, who is definitely very critical of LLMs. Or something.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

Work moved to a new building. I didn't expect to take SAN damage from facilities.

New campus Cafe, named Café Au Lait. The Au is styled as the chemical symbol for gold, listing the number of protons (94) and the molecular weight 199.8u

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

I think I might need to check some luggage, this does want to close.

My carry-on, filled with some clothes and two black cats.

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026

So far, nobody seems to have concerns about flying with an inoperative cryptographer on board

Me, in the British Airways lounge, lounging along in a shirt that says INOP see t/log

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026

Kipo's clever plan is sure to hide her from the cleaners!

A picture from the side, showing a black and wide tuxedo cat cowering underneath

A carpet that has no unusual features at all. None. Well, there is a small, cat sized bulge, but I'm certain that doesn't mean anything

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Sophie Schmieg @sophieschmieg.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026

How to fix your home network: Step 1: Marry an infrastructure engineer. Step 2: Appeal to her inherent slightly furry nature. Step 3: Your home internet now works.