No, as explained in the RFC (linked in the article) they're trying to get disk encryption on low-end devices that aren't capable of supporting AES. It's not an

No, as explained in the RFC (linked in the article) they're trying to get disk encryption on low-end devices that aren't capable of supporting AES. It's not an argument that AES is in any way incorrect. I suppose it could be an elaborate scheme to add a backdoor, although presumably it will see significant review and anyway that hardly seems necessary given that the current alternative on those devices is no encryption at all.