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> It's very Soviet It's not only a Soviet phenomena; American politics has utilized a "paranoid style"[1] for a long time. > sabotaging crypto It seems like
by pdkl95 10y ago
> It's very Soviet
It's not only a Soviet phenomena; American politics has utilized a "paranoid style"[1] for a long time.
> sabotaging crypto
It seems like a lot of people are pretending that BULLRUN doesn't exist. Nobody wants to believe that a coworker might be a collaborator; that kind of thinking can easily erode trust and create paranoia even when it isn't warranted. Unfortunately, the program exists so it's foolish to ignore the probability that it is still working to weaken crypto. As PHK explain in "Operation Orchestra", encouraging weak crypto is much cheaper than breaking real crypto.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American_Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American...