This is the new Slashdot "First Post", isn't it?

It's more like the new "imagine a beowulf cluster of these" meme, a comment generic enough that can fit most stories while contributing nothing to the discussion.

They could have settled for "I, for one, welcome our new NSA overlords".

Kids these days.

My god, we are old, Thomas. This is what most graybeards must feel like.

How do we know you're not working for the NSA to undermine the credibility of the audit?

How do we know you're not working for the NSA to undermine the undermining of the credibility of the audit? :P

>_> dGhlcGFzc3dvcmRpc1NRVUVBTUlTSE9TU0lGUkFOR0U=

I think you added an extra N.

Yet another example that improving the algorithm (almost) always beats bruteforcing :)

In theory, it shouldn't matter. A public audit is public, so the work can be scrutinized by anyone.

Hate to break it to you and others; but there is a high degree of likelihood that it is actually even an NSA funded operation, not to mention having assets that add backdoors.

How do you prevent and deflect efforts to develop a truely secure solution? ...You provide a solution that works and looks shiny and nice and defuses any kind of efforts. It's jiujitsu.