Bernstein's Blog

You're missing the fact that advertisers rarely have a clue about what they're advertising. They will quite happily advertise "Our crypto is stronger because we use a PQ algorithm", and the PHBs will insist on it because they believe the hype.

If the standard says that pure-PQ MUST be disabled by default, then the security regulators should have enough sense to wallop such PHBs with a clue-by-four.

Seriously. Don't underestimate the stupidity of your average PHB. What's that saying? "There's no-one harder to educate than someone who's livelihood depends on their not understanding ..."

(My biggest bug bear is those people who claim to be eco-friendly because normal farming activity (usually of crop trees) "mops up carbon dioxide". No it doesn't! It's just part of the normal carbon cycle and makes absolutely NO difference to global warming!)

Cheers,
Wol