[Cryptography] Two physics experiment questions

[Jeremy Stanley]

On 2026-05-26 23:11:55 -0700 (-0700), Jon Callas wrote:
> On May 26, 2026, at 02:11, Ralf Senderek <crypto at senderek.ie> wrote:
[...]
>> that's what is already happening.
>>
>> Take the total silence on this list to Peter's posting about 
>> copy fail.
>
> What about it? It's a kernel bug. It's not cryptography at all, 
> and strictly speaking off-topic for the list. Would you like to 
> bring it in to the mix? I did OS security before I did 
> cryptography; I know a thing or two, perhaps as many as three.
>
>> How many similar issues will be burried in the archives, if we'd 
>> take your urgency plea seriously, because it deprives resources 
>> from fixing things that make us unsafe today.
>
> What makes us unsafe today? How is the PQC transition depriving 
> resources from that?
[...]

I think the point, because I'm seeing it in open source software 
communities where I'm involved too, is that developers/contributors 
are being pressured to prioritize quantum preparedness above other 
activities, including the (now constant flood of, thanks to armchair 
security researchers equipped with LLMs) security vulnerabilities 
being reported in our projects.

I've been pushing back against that where I can, because solving 
severe problems we already have is more important than solving 
problems we don't have yet nor even know when we will (including the 
"inevitable" Quantumpocalypse, but also the "inevitable" Martian 
Invasion, the "inevitable" Machine Uprising, et cetera). It's a 
hype-driven case of premature engineering.
-- 
Jeremy Stanley
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