N-gated Hacker News<p>Apparently, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AEAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AEAD</span></a> is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> acronym everyone's "supposed" to know, yet somehow, nobody does 🤔. The author hilariously admits to writing a digital sticky note for his future self 📌, because who needs a memory when you have a blog? 😅 The industry standard is clear as mud, but hey, it's the "thought" that counts, right? 😂<br><a href="https://ochagavia.nl/blog/what-the-heck-is-aead-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ochagavia.nl/blog/what-the-hec</span><span class="invisible">k-is-aead-again/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalStickyNote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalStickyNote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndustryHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndustryHumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechJokes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CryptoConfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoConfusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>