https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref... For me,

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref... For me, it is not a question of computer science. It is a matter of practical engineering for manufacturing and distribution in a the context of reified political interests. Cryptography is a munition. All the technical details of current common methods are shaped by that fact or alternatively the military-industrial complex has given up its interest in controlling it. I never saw a press conference announcing the latter. If I saw one, that’s when I would put on my tinfoil hat…maybe Devo style flowerpot?