I think the analogy completely falls down. The Manhattan project was about a technical breakthrough, a big step forward that hadn't happened before. Where is t

I think the analogy completely falls down. The Manhattan project was about a technical breakthrough, a big step forward that hadn't happened before. Where is the analogue in crypto and security? There is no unsolved holy grail. Frankly, we have all the technical tools we need to make the web an extremely secure place. What we are lacking instead is general investment in FOSS tools, regulations that hold a company responsible for leaking user data and encourage corporate prioritization of security, and national education about security risks and basic Internet dos and donts (phishing etc).