If you’ve hung around this blog for a while, you probably know how much I like to complain. (Really, quite a lot.) You might even be familiar with one of my favorite complaints: dumb crypto standards. More specifically: dumb standards promulgated by smart people. The people in question almost always have justifications for whatever earth-shakingly stupid decision they’re about to take. Usually it’
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