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Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by _jal on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:14AM (#20382862)
The answer is the same as when this always comes up: mentally append "for realsies". The advice is meant to suggest that people not publish code or run services with incompetent crypto.

Nobody is saying not to learn and play. They're saying don't set off a rocket while staring down the engine. The reason why it has to be said is that the consequences of doing so when writing crypto are not so impressively immediate or dramatic, but just as devastating to the outcome (and maybe cryptographer, depending on adversary).

> Straight out of the CIA handbook is how you look when you repeat this bullshit ad nauseum.

The CIA does not care if you play with libsodium.

Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by A2017U1 on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:26AM (#20382980)
> The CIA does not care if you play with libsodium.

Cryptographers are easy meat for lions.

Care to place a long-standing bet on that? 20yrs or so? We can find a solid reasonable middleman here surely?

They very much do care. I'm willing to bet on it becoming public knowledge within that timeframe. Keen?

Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by saagarjha on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:30AM (#20383007)
How is the CIA going to stop you from downloading libsodium and doing whatever you want with it?
Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by A2017U1 on Monday July 08, 2019 @10:44AM (#20383139)
That was most certainly not the point made here.

Go contribute to libsodium, go contribute to any reasonably well used crypto library, you've now got a big red dot on your back from an assortment of governments in perpetual conflict.

I truly worry for anyone participating in these open source codebases and not being aware of how much they are targets.

Take care of yourselves friends. Please.

Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by icebraining on Monday July 08, 2019 @11:13AM (#20383424)
> I truly worry for anyone participating in these open source codebases and not being aware of how much they are targets.

So when you extorted people to play with other's crypto codebases in the previous post, were you trying to make them into targets?

Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by JetezLeLogin on Monday July 08, 2019 @03:49PM (#20386113)
Exhorted, you probably meant!
Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by icebraining on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:27PM (#20387981)
Yeah, thanks.
Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by tabletopneedle on Monday July 08, 2019 @01:05PM (#20384465)
This reminds me of the Niemöller's poem. IIRC it went something like

First they came for the A2017U1s, or they would have, except he never opposed the wrongdoing.

Re:RSA is a fragile cryptosystem by misterdoubt on Monday July 08, 2019 @12:00PM (#20383831)
Huh?