[Cryptography] Security clearances and FOSS encryption?

[Rick Smith, Cryptosmith]

On Jul 15, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill at hallambaker.com> wrote:
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> Exactly, the people to worry about are the people who don't declare their affiliations and/or clearances.

And so, let me ask the community: is it a common practice in the FOSS community to produce a detailed dossier on all participants, or is participation based on the contributor's visible established net cred as a developer?

I suspect it’s the latter but I have no idea what the general practice might be.

Rick.