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DEF CON 26 talk

Wed 29 August 2018 Nils Amiet

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If you were in Las Vegas for DEF CON 26 this year you may have seen a talk I gave with my colleague Yolan Romailler about collecting public keys and breaking them.

The video will be uploaded to Youtube eventually and I will update this post with its link. For …


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Spark Summit Europe 2016

Tue 01 November 2016 Nils Amiet

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I attended Spark Summit Europe 2016 in Brussels this year in October, a conference where Apache Spark enthusiasts meet up. I've been using Spark for nearly a year now on multiple projects and was delighted to see so many Spark users at Square Brussels.

Spark Summit Europe 2016 photo  

There were three trainings to choose …


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