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It is worded as an accusation for what might’ve been an innocent mistake. Look how many times the author uses the word “weird”, a very subjective word to use in
by _xnmw 2y ago
It is worded as an accusation for what might’ve been an innocent mistake. Look how many times the author uses the word “weird”, a very subjective word to use in a seemingly technical analysis.
- Dylan16807 2y agoIn this case does bias just mean an opinion? It's fine to have an opinion about a flaw like this. If you want to suggest this is an improper "press war" hit piece you need a lot more to back that up.
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- stouset 2y agoAbsolutely nothing the author said is even remotely controversial in the cryptographic community. MTProto is weird and countless choices made in its design are bizarre with no clear rationale. Throwing in confusing and cryptographically unnecessary steps with thin rationalizations is par for the course. Its authors have specifically chosen an approach that all but guarantees lots of “innocent mistakes”.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoIt’s clearly not a professional technical analysis though.
- stouset 2y agoIt's clearly not intended to be. > This is the story of a bug…
- MichaelZuo 2y agoSo? Both can be true. It's not intended to be and it isn't in fact.
- stouset 2y agoIt’s not a coming of age story. It’s not a violin solo. And it’s also not a tax return from the early 1400s. I don’t really understand why pointing any of these things out would be relevant, but sure.
- MichaelZuo 2y agoOkay? I still think its relevant enough to comment on, by definition.
- lxgr 2y agoYou’re confusing formal/informal language and strong/hedged claims here. The article is not a scientific paper, but even in those, if you know how to read them, you’ll find authors saying “this is very weird”, albeit in different words.