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Moxie Marlinspike, an Uncommon card
Moxie Marlinspike is an American entrepreneur, cryptographer, and computer security researcher.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 100,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Moxie Marlinspike quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Moxie Marlinspike card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is also a co-author of the ______ Protocol encryption used by Signal, WhatsApp, Google Messages, Facebook Messenger, and Skype.
Answer
Signal. He is also a co-author of the Signal Protocol encryption used by Signal, WhatsApp, Google Messages, Facebook Messenger, and Skype. From the Moxie Marlinspike article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Oromo language. Oromo language 79 · Cuenca, Ecuador 76 · Cumberland 72 · Moxie Marlinspike 69 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Marlinspike is the creator of Signal, co-founder of the Signal Technology Foundation, and served as the first CEO of Signal Messenger LLC.
- He is also a co-author of the Signal Protocol encryption used by Signal, WhatsApp, Google Messages, Facebook Messenger, and Skype.
- Marlinspike is a former head of the security team at Twitter and the author of a proposed SSL authentication system replacement called Convergence.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Moxie Marlinspike article was read about 100,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Moxie Marlinspike
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Moxie Marlinspike in the power ranking, all domains together.
- CumberlandUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 60
- Kingsley AmisUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 61
- TheodoliteUncommon · Science · ATK 68 DEF 64
- HarshaUncommon · Arts · ATK 68 DEF 64
- SymphonyUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 58
- Bride priceUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 59
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Moxie Marlinspike (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
