Comment by sneak
2 years ago
> Discovering the secret workings of NISTPQC. I filed a FOIA request "NSA, NIST, and post-quantum cryptography" in March 2022. NIST stonewalled, in violation of the law. Civil-rights firm Loevy & Loevy filed a lawsuit on my behalf.
As much as I generally loathe djb personally, professionally he will always have my support as he’s been consistently willing to take the federal government to task in court. It brings me great joy to see he’s still at it.
Why do you dislike him personally?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13891900
Might be because he’s a bit of a “Linus” in crypto with the same ego and temper.
However, the man has done so much to advance privacy and cryptography I think he’s earned the right to be a bit snippy, especially when he’s discussing something so complex 99% of the comments are “too long to read” and “I read it but I still don’t understand it”.