HN tends not to approve of comments that smell even a whiff like conspiracy theory crazytown, so I&#x27;m not surprised.<p>tptacek&#x27;s positions hold outsized influence here, so even after his public concession on Dual_EC_DRBG, it&#x27;s still very unpopular to posit that nation states would ever backdoor products.<p>No reason to complain about downvotes, per the rules.