What is it about cryptography that creates a tendency toward hagiographies? During the Snowden Leaks the same thing happened with Jacob Appelbaum and Julian As

What is it about cryptography that creates a tendency toward hagiographies? During the Snowden Leaks the same thing happened with Jacob Appelbaum and Julian Assange. There was no critical analysis on what they were actually doing or a lot of the advice they were giving people. It's almost like the field somehow requires a defacto head who conveniently fits the media stereotype.