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First, the title of the article is typically from Quanta Magazine, which often uses editorialized clickbait titles to popularize scientific topics. Today, even
by bcaa7f3a8bbc 8y ago
First, the title of the article is typically from Quanta Magazine, which often uses editorialized clickbait titles to popularize scientific topics. Today, even Nature Communications seem to do it occasionally. If these claims are not directly from the official project, I don't see any red-flag here, it's an legitimate research project on formal verification.
On second thought, I think deliberately releasing a PR advertisement which claims a system is "unbreakable" can be a good way to receive free security audits.
So perhaps EverCrypt as a free and open source project who understands this point, the developers deliberately allowed Quanta Magazine to use this title, and so far, it has successfully received the attention of at least 5 HN users...