GNU: A Heuristic for Bad Cryptography

(soatok.blog)

10 points | by stackghost 15 hours ago ago

4 comments

  • wmf 13 hours ago ago

    GNU Anything tends to exist for ideological reasons and the technical side often gets a pass.

    • stackghost 13 hours ago ago

      Sure, I have no problem with projects that are political first and foremost.

      I just wish they'd be honest about priorities. If technical function and correctness is going to take a back seat to ideological purity then they owe it to their users to make this clear up front.

      • wmf 13 hours ago ago

        No one is going to admit they're building the open source equivalent of a Yugo.

  • stackghost 15 hours ago ago

    In light of the gpg.fail post I thought this was poignant and relevant