It's not only a Soviet phenomena; American politics has utilized a "paranoid style"[1] for a long time.
> sabotaging crypto
It seems like a lot of people are pretending that BULLRUN doesn't exist. Nobody wants to believe that a coworker might be a collaborator; that kind of thinking can easily erode trust and create paranoia even when it isn't warranted. Unfortunately, the program exists so it's foolish to ignore the probability that it is still working to weaken crypto. As PHK explain in "Operation Orchestra", encouraging weak crypto is much cheaper than breaking real crypto.
It's not only a Soviet phenomena; American politics has utilized a "paranoid style"[1] for a long time.
> sabotaging crypto
It seems like a lot of people are pretending that BULLRUN doesn't exist. Nobody wants to believe that a coworker might be a collaborator; that kind of thinking can easily erode trust and create paranoia even when it isn't warranted. Unfortunately, the program exists so it's foolish to ignore the probability that it is still working to weaken crypto. As PHK explain in "Operation Orchestra", encouraging weak crypto is much cheaper than breaking real crypto.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American...