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GNU: A Heuristic for Bad Cryptography

10 points by stackghost ago | 4 comments

wmf |next [-]

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

stackghost |root |parent [-]

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 |root |parent [-]

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

stackghost |previous [-]

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