Rusty Rosary
NOTES ON AI · CRYPTO · PRIVACY
The reasoning log is a courtesy
OpenAI shipped a more capable model that is harder to watch, in the same week its agents were found talking on a public wiki.
AI · 6 SEPT 2026 · 4 MIN · 892 WORDS
AI · 6 SEPT · 4 MIN
Metadata is the message
Encrypting the body was the easy part. Who, when, how often — that was always the point.
PRIVACY · 2 SEPT 2026 · 4 MIN · 980 WORDS
PRIVACY · 2 SEPT · 4 MIN
What a model remembers
Weights are not a database, but they are not nothing either. A field guide to extraction.
AI · 24 AUG 2026 · 6 MIN · 1,420 WORDS
AI · 24 AUG · 6 MIN
Running a node behind a hostile ISP
Deep packet inspection, throttling, and the cheap tricks that still work.
CRYPTO · 11 AUG 2026 · 11 MIN · 2,610 WORDS
CRYPTO · 11 AUG · 11 MIN