Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of computer science at boston university”. Today it says “israeli cryptographer”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Current roles”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Ran Canetti ( Hebrew : רן קנטי ) is a professor of Computer Science at Boston University . and the director of the Check Point Institute for Information Security and of the Center for Reliable Information System and Cyber Security . He is also associate editor of the Journal of Cryptology and Information and Computation. His main areas of research span cryptography and information security , with an emphasis on the design, analysis and use of cryptographic protocols .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Ran Canetti (Hebrew: רן קנטי) is a professor of Computer Science at Boston University . and the director of the Check Point Institute for Information Security and of the Center for Reliable Information System and Cyber Security . He is also associate editor of the Journal of Cryptology and Information and Computation. His main areas of research span cryptography and information security , with an emphasis on the design, analysis and use of cryptographic protocols .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professor of computer science at boston university”. Today it says “israeli cryptographer”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Current roles”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
professor of computer science at boston university
Now
israeli cryptographer
Sections that no longer exist
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Current roles
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