The cr.yp.to microblog: 2022.02.20 10:41:24

2022.02.20 10:41:24 (1495332749980233730) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "𝖬𝖺𝗁𝖽𝗂 𝖒𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗁𝖼𝗁𝗂 $8 (@mahdi_tcs)" (1495229968258895874):

Don't buried disclaimers explain the origin better than hypothesizing that misconceptions inexplicably appear out of nowhere? Reader sees NP-hardness/NP-completeness name-dropped in the context of advertising provable lattice security and _presumes_ the cryptosystems are NP-hard.