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Re:Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen en... by gmerc on Friday October 13, 2023 @02:17AM (#37867332)
The man walked into a bank many times over his life, no way he could decide to rob it one day.
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Re:Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen en... by mesebrec on Friday October 13, 2023 @02:45AM (#37867513)
You are creating a strawman.

The original argument is not "they created encryption that isn't broken before". The argument is "encryption created by competitions that are only refereed by NIST is trustworthy"

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Re:Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen en... by gmerc on Friday October 13, 2023 @04:16AM (#37868137)
So it’s worse. They already robbed a bank in the past.
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Re:Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen en... by stock_toaster on Friday October 13, 2023 @06:21AM (#37868959)
And lest we forget Dual_EC_DRBG
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