[fargle]

plenty of "cryptography experts" that you blindingly trust because "don't roll your own crypto" make giant, fatal, mistakes too. i love how the "crypto is so hard, even experts get it wrong" argument both supports the elitist POV and is apologist for when "even" the experts get it wrong.

crypto is like many other things in which if you make ONE TINY mistake you are doomed. point taken. do your due diligence. but also don't trust randos. or the NSA and probably NIST. therefore most so-called experts.

if hell is "overconfident" developers, then what is "overconfident experts". or "overconfident furry apologists for crypto experts"? also hell.

crypto is hard. we get it. you're also no better than anyone else at it.