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Crypto absolutely attracts a strange group of people as compared to other disciplines. That includes some people who are very liberal in their definition of con
by sulam 10y ago
Crypto absolutely attracts a strange group of people as compared to other disciplines. That includes some people who are very liberal in their definition of consent, almost by definition, which in turn can affect other areas of their life.
[Note: I am not making excuses for their behavior, although I'd hope that would not need saying.]
- tptacek 10y agoAre you an academic cryptographer? I'm not, but I'm a practicing crypto engineer, and I go to the occasional conference and workshop. What I've noticed is that crypto is far better about stuff like this than CS and certainly than infosec; I think it's a consequence of crypto being as much a part of mathematics as about computer science.