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blog.vrypan.net is a personal blog at blog.vrypan.net about programming, culture and security. Since 2012, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 76 times, most often “Public Key Cryptography for Non-Geeks”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this post on zero-knowledge proof technology for privacy-preserving age assurance, presenting it as an explainer of how such a system could be implemented.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
a personal blog
Most-linked posts?
- Public Key Cryptography for Non-Geeks4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2017-03-10
- What's wrong with EU age verification? (Nothing)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2026-06-30
- Sing-song: a speakable encoding for long numbers and keys3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-08-19
- A simple hack to post to your GitHub-hosted blog using your browser2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-05-29
What Hacker News says?
Amazing post. Tangentially related: https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/07/07/where-is-qrdo/ It's a "where is the QR" game, where a mobile is more capable in finding the pattern than a human.
Comment linking /2026/07/07/where-is-qrdo/
on “Crafting QR Codes: A deep dive into QR code art (2024)”Submitted You know, Google, the web already had this feature as a story · 667 points
HN discussionThis may help: https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/06/29/260629-whats-wrong-with-e...
Comment linking /2026/06/29/260629-whats-wrong-with-eu-age-verification/
on “Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance”Submitted Very Short Reply Expected as a story · 456 points
HN discussionHere is a good explainer of an ideal implementation of this (maybe). If its this, you would be incorrect. https://blog.vrypan.net/2026/06/29/260629-whats-wrong-with-e...
Comment linking /2026/06/29/260629-whats-wrong-with-eu-age-verification/
on “Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance”Submitted Why I won't get a Google+ Custom URL as a story · 259 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sing-song: a speakable encoding for long numbers and keys as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted From iPhoto to Dropbox: from feature rich to future proof. as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted A big “Fuck Off” by the content industry and Netflix to users worldwide as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's wrong with EU age verification? (Nothing) as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted BitTorent Sync is a great tool for startups. as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted A simple hack to post to your GitHub-hosted blog using your browser as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Social networking services have failed me. I'm going back to my web 2.0 roots as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Could Apple disrupt Search? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why (and how) we put our Terms of Service on GitHub. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My post got 63k visits thanks to HN: the aftermath. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted It's time we regulate microtargeting as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Not just what you know, but who you are too: Privacy and identity as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to bypass the Netflix VPN ban as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A geek, capital controls in Greece and Bitcoin as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A new role for geek communities? Win back the Internet. as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Trigger command-line scripts from pubsubhubbub as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What's wrong with EU age verification? Nothing as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Playing with Turmites: better than crypto/rand? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crafting a Blog as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hey does not support IMAP and that's its most important feature as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is iOS 13 Books a parent's nightmare, or am I missing something? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Public Key Cryptography for Non-Geeks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted UNITs: An alternative name for NTFs? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Public-key cryptography for non-geeks as a story · 2 points
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