[heresie-dabord]

> expand on why someone should trust you

The point is to trust no one and no thing that we cannot examine freely, closely, and transparently. And to maintain healthy skepticism of any entity that claims to have a virtuous process to do its business.

[dotancohen]

GGP stated:

  > trust me from experience.

[SV_BubbleTime]

And the point is “trust me: trust no one, but especially not them” is the meaning you are ignoring.

[halJordan]

No it's not. The NSA has been the Federal Govt's designated expert on cryptography since the end of WW2. You are pretending that the current set of NIST standards and every previous NIST standard has not had incredibly intimate contact with the NSA.

You're lived experience tells you to trust the NSA, at least as it relates to NIST standards.