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Alex Gaynor
Manage episode 500639250 series 2956114
We chat with friend of the pod and special guest Alex Gaynor, former deputy chief technologist at the FTC and all around good Security Person™. Join for nerdery about WebAuthn, stay for accidentally melting down GitHub APIs around November 2020!
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoGvyvsSi4
Transcript: https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2025/08/16/alex-gaynor
Links:
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw
- https://alexgaynor.net/2025/jan/13/challenges-funding-open-source/
- https://alexgaynor.net/2025/apr/08/putting-a-price-tag-on-open-source/
- https://dadrian.io/blog/posts/corporate-support-xz/
- https://alex.github.io/nyt-2020-election-scraper/battleground-state-changes.html
- https://github.com/alex/nyt-2020-election-scraper
"Security Cryptography Whatever" is hosted by Deirdre Connolly (@durumcrustulum), Thomas Ptacek (@tqbf), and David Adrian (@davidcadrian)
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Alex Gaynor at the FTC (00:01:00)
3. US Digital Service and Healthcare.gov (00:01:56)
4. FTC's Role in Technology and Consumer Protection (00:06:16)
5. 'Favorite' FTC Cases (00:07:52)
6. Open Source (00:31:55)
7. Python Cryptography, Rust (00:40:23)
8. Managing Conflicting Needs in OpenSSL (00:43:37)
9. Upstreaming Rust to OpenSSL (00:44:17)
10. Design Decisions and Compatibility Challenges (00:45:29)
11. Rust Crates and Reusability (00:46:16)
12. Labor of Love and Ideology in Open Source (00:48:26)
13. User Frustration and Platform Support (00:49:05)
14. CI Infra and GitHub Actions (00:50:55)
15. Funding Open Source (00:56:07)
16. SSO Tax (01:06:01)
17. The Alex News Network and 2020 Election (01:18:33)
18. 👋 (01:24:34)
58 episodes
Manage episode 500639250 series 2956114
We chat with friend of the pod and special guest Alex Gaynor, former deputy chief technologist at the FTC and all around good Security Person™. Join for nerdery about WebAuthn, stay for accidentally melting down GitHub APIs around November 2020!
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoGvyvsSi4
Transcript: https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2025/08/16/alex-gaynor
Links:
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/no-take-only-throw
- https://alexgaynor.net/2025/jan/13/challenges-funding-open-source/
- https://alexgaynor.net/2025/apr/08/putting-a-price-tag-on-open-source/
- https://dadrian.io/blog/posts/corporate-support-xz/
- https://alex.github.io/nyt-2020-election-scraper/battleground-state-changes.html
- https://github.com/alex/nyt-2020-election-scraper
"Security Cryptography Whatever" is hosted by Deirdre Connolly (@durumcrustulum), Thomas Ptacek (@tqbf), and David Adrian (@davidcadrian)
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Alex Gaynor at the FTC (00:01:00)
3. US Digital Service and Healthcare.gov (00:01:56)
4. FTC's Role in Technology and Consumer Protection (00:06:16)
5. 'Favorite' FTC Cases (00:07:52)
6. Open Source (00:31:55)
7. Python Cryptography, Rust (00:40:23)
8. Managing Conflicting Needs in OpenSSL (00:43:37)
9. Upstreaming Rust to OpenSSL (00:44:17)
10. Design Decisions and Compatibility Challenges (00:45:29)
11. Rust Crates and Reusability (00:46:16)
12. Labor of Love and Ideology in Open Source (00:48:26)
13. User Frustration and Platform Support (00:49:05)
14. CI Infra and GitHub Actions (00:50:55)
15. Funding Open Source (00:56:07)
16. SSO Tax (01:06:01)
17. The Alex News Network and 2020 Election (01:18:33)
18. 👋 (01:24:34)
58 episodes
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