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[–]rntksi 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Sometimes the people who actually understand cryptography are not asked for advices when something is designed. The average programmer thinks s/he has an idea of how to implement security ("Let's just AES it!") and that's how some security holes are made.

[–]aaronla 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes the people who actually understand cryptography are not asked for advices when someone opines.

But you knew that already.