The problem is, people who know better told them they were in over their heads and gave them some constructive criticism. Sure moxie can sound condescending, bu

The problem is, people who know better told them they were in over their heads and gave them some constructive criticism. Sure moxie can sound condescending, but he was right about telegram. Telegram's response was basically, "LOL. We know better cuz' we got binders full of mathematicians and I'm not listening unless you win our rigged contest designed purposefully to instill a false sense of security in our customers." Cryptographic software isn't developed the same way as ordinary software. A normal program is launched with tons of bugs and gets fixed over the course of years. Custom crypto solutions should not be delivered to customers in a similar state without explicitly telling them that it hasn't been proven secure.