what do you expect, when the tagline at the end of the page says "In crypto we trust."?
Honestly, it's a bit sad. There are many great people on that list, but some seem a bit random and some are just straight up cryptobros, which makes the whole thing a joke, unfortunately
Name calling, bullying (forms of systematic harassment) and attempting to instill feelings of social isolation in a target are documented techniques employed by intelligence agencies in both online and offline discourse manipulation / information warfare.
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> This is why djb is in the Cypherpunks Hall of Fame! [1]
This is a list made by you 2 weeks ago?
EDIT: Okay lol. I actually browsed the list and found multiple dubious entries, along with Trump!
Hilarious list. 10/10.
what do you expect, when the tagline at the end of the page says "In crypto we trust."?
Honestly, it's a bit sad. There are many great people on that list, but some seem a bit random and some are just straight up cryptobros, which makes the whole thing a joke, unfortunately
Name calling, bullying (forms of systematic harassment) and attempting to instill feelings of social isolation in a target are documented techniques employed by intelligence agencies in both online and offline discourse manipulation / information warfare.
You can read up more here if you are curious: https://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/news/2015/jun/beh...
Many of the attacks against djb line up quite nicely with "discredit" operational objectives.
Don't forget the ever popular CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual: https://www.cia.gov/static/5c875f3ec660e092cf893f60b4a288df/...
Very nice document, I have to say. I was surprised that they care so much about hacktivists.
Are the strategies you mention actually in the document? It seems like one particularly focused on very soft tactics.
Bully and systematic harassment of cryptographers too build in backdoors too there encryption systems has been there go to strategy since the 80's.
Can you please stop spam-submitting this AI-generated Hall of Fame website? It's against HN guidelines to use the website primarily for promotion and it's clearly what you're doing here.