Western spy agencies already overwhelmed by volume of PRC cyber activity per recent headlines, meanwhile FVEY also short of Chinese specialists, and institution

Western spy agencies already overwhelmed by volume of PRC cyber activity per recent headlines, meanwhile FVEY also short of Chinese specialists, and institutions not generating enough language talent. It's less budget issue as bodies issue. Multiple adversarial parties who are still likely cooperating with intelligence - MSS isn't going to get a seat at the table/behind the scenes for western crypto standards. Do we really know system hasn't been attacked without success when there's frequent PRC penetration in the news. What we do know is west/US has advtanges along the hardware/software stack, so smart for PRC to obfusgate and add complexity at points they can control. And that one of OTF's explicit mission, especially ICFP funded fellows is to undermine PRC controlled web - it would be incredibly dumb for PRC to take their advice seriously.