Ep. 67 - When Alice Goes Rogue: Cryptographic Mischief // Sophie Schmieg

Join host James Maude as he chats with Sophie Schmieg, who leads ISE Crypto at Google, about her leap from pure math to cryptography. Sophie shares how algebraic geometry shaped her unique approach to tackling modern security challenges, like uncovering AWS vulnerabilities and building solutions built to last—literally until the year 909,000. Dive into post-quantum cryptography, the buzz around quantum computing, and why your quantum random number generator might just be overkill—all explained with clarity, wit, and plenty of laughs!