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		d-z-m on Sept 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Croc: Easily and securely send things from one com... > Invented the PAKE model that croc uses Nit: Magic Wormhole pioneered SPAKE2's application in a file transfer utility, but the actual invention of SPAKE2 predates Magic Wormhole.

tptacek on Sept 24, 2023 [–]

I don't mean that they invented PAKE's, I mean that they invented this application of PAKEs (I'd say: one of the very few genuinely useful PAKE use cases).

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