[affinepplan]

if it's any consolation, decisions like these (normally) have a very long lead time measured in years. now, these are not normal times, but even so I'd be more concerned about NIST decisions coming out nearer to the end of this administration rather than just now at the beginning.

[dylan604]

More telling would be any reversals in the next couple of years

[immibis]

Just yesterday I read someone say that post-quantum cryptography is woke. Not sarcastically. Someone actually believes that post-quantum cryptography is woke, because it's something academics dreamed up and then told everyone they should be using. They view it the same way as DEI.

[natch]

If you think the bad actors are only on one side, you are in a bubble that is feeding you bad information.

[affinepplan]

yes, and if you think the _number_ of bad actors on each side are even CLOSE to similar in magnitudes then you are in a bubble that is feeding you bad information

[natch]

I would just encourage you to keep your eyes open and listen to the other side, and revisit this post and see how it ages.