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>What are the aims of the lawsuit? Can the NIST decision on crystals be overturned by the court, and is that the goal?

It sounds to me like the goal is to find out if there's any evidence of the NSA adding weaknesses into any of the algorithms. That information would allow people to avoid using those algorithms.

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I think the fact that NIST refuses yo give any information on that is enough evidence in of itself.

The town I live in just outside of Chicago refused to disclose their police General Orders to me; I had to engage the same attorneys Bernstein did to get them. What can I infer from their refusal? That the General Orders include their instructions from the Lizard People overlords?

> The town I live in just outside of Chicago refused to disclose their police General Orders to me; I had to engage the same attorneys Bernstein did to get them. What can I infer from their refusal? That the General Orders include their instructions from the Lizard People overlords?

Naah, probably just that they include some pretty shitty stuff in general.

The fact (AFAWK) that the town came up with this shitty stuff even without any Lizard People Overlords having ordered them to do so of course makes it even worse for the powers that be of the town; now they can't even put the blame for the shitty stuff on the LPO.

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