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Re:A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging Protocol by cryptarch on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @09:04AM (#12900270)
It's "ad-hominem", but I agree.
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Re:A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging Protocol by pessimizer on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @09:31AM (#12900474)
"Ad-personem" and "ad-hominem" are equally accurate in this case, because it wasn't either.
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Re:A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging Protocol by cryptarch on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:43PM (#12902281)
I done goofed. I wasn't even aware what an "ad-personam" was. I found a related question on Quora and that explained it quite well I think.

Quora question: https://www.quora.com/What-are-concrete-examples-of-ad-homin...

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