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by HurrdurrHodor 3242 days ago
TLDR: Crypto library with two claimed advantages: Better usability and smaller code than libsodium. However, it is also slower.
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Having all of that would be great, but most of the time you need to weigh one against another. Smaller code means smaller attack surface and supposedly fewer ways to shoot yourself in the foot ("I know, I'll use CBC"); of course, checking whether the author doesn't shoot you in the foot by choice of algorithms, or their implementation, is advised.