HN tends not to approve of comments that smell even a whiff like conspiracy theory crazytown, so I'm not surprised. tptacek's positions hold outsized influence

HN tends not to approve of comments that smell even a whiff like conspiracy theory crazytown, so I'm not surprised. tptacek's positions hold outsized influence here, so even after his public concession on Dual_EC_DRBG, it's still very unpopular to posit that nation states would ever backdoor products. No reason to complain about downvotes, per the rules.