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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] 91 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It is indeed one and the same. This is the post that triggered this article (warning: it's long and not well organized): https://blog.cr.yp.to/20231003-countcorrectly.html

Credit where credit is due, DJB is usually correct even if he could communicate it better.

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  • [–] 59 points 2 years ago

    Honestly, I think his communication here is fine. He's probably going to offend some people at NIST, but it seems like he's already tried the cooperative route and is now willing to burn some bridges to bring things to light.

    It reads like he's playing mathematics and not politics, which is exactly what you want from a cryptography researcher.

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