https://blog.barrow.me/tags/cryptography/Recent content in Cryptography on Michael BarrowHugoen-usMichael BarrowWed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.barrow.me/posts/the-private-key-was-the-number-4/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.barrow.me/posts/the-private-key-was-the-number-4/A certificate authority’s private key was the number 4, and the industry’s reaction was a shrug. The story is not that the fundamentals failed, it is that nobody much cares when they do.