It&#x27;s shame that The Register had ruin a good story with their shoddy, tabloid-esque journalism by claiming that the UN privacy head called Vint Cerf &quot;dumb&quot;.  He never called him &quot;dumb&quot;, he actually highlighted his intelligence but claimed that he said something &quot;dumb&quot;.  There&#x27;s a huge difference.  One implies a personal trait whereas the other refers to a single occurrence which may be an anomaly.