This isn’t the first time this group has done something like this and they seem to have been pretty consistent in their messaging.

The hacktivist group SN_BLACKMETA has claimed responsibility and cites US support of Israel as the motivation.

The argument isn’t that they’re “evil”, it’s that they could be used as tools by strategic rivals.

How much more does it cost to the alternatives?

Ahh yes, I misread your comment

That’s not the case, quantum computing can only break specific types of cryptography.

So why are you claiming that when people use elliptic curve cryptography, it has a backdoor? This is not true.

Again with the fearmongering, do you not read your own source? Dual_EC_DRBG hasn’t been used for over a decade now

On April 21, 2014, NIST withdrew Dual_EC_DRBG from its draft guidance on random number generators recommending "current users of Dual_EC_DRBG transition to one of the three remaining approved algorithms as quickly as possible.

Every time you use AES you are using NIST encryption

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Always amusing to watch him throw a temper tantrum

Yes, 100 to 200 comments per thread are easily enough, but lots of medium sized subreddits don’t even exist or are barely active on Lemmy.

Basically every community that doesn’t have > 1,000,000 subscribers on Reddit?