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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)
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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Because the pop security YouTube crowd goes through great lengths to avoid these conversations which reveal the limits of their own knowledge and abilities. Because a YouTube channel which just says "you are vulnerable to state actors and should focus on protecting yourself from more benign threats" doesn't generate as much traffic as shilling VPNs.