in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

PHK said if he was the NSA and wanted to undermine encryption on the Internet, an easy way would be to contribute patches with misleading docs, obfuscated code, and deceptive/insecure defaults to create the OpenSSL's API.

youtu.be/fwcl17Q0bpk?t=1690

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in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

the talk is a tongue in cheek. It makes semi-plausible observations how incessant bikeshedders, defeatist arguments, patches that bolt on ad-hoc features neglecting docs and overall architecture, etc. are close to what NSA could be doing to undermine projects, and have perfect deniability.
It was especially relevant at the time of Snowden leaks and Heartbleed.
in reply to daniel:// stenberg://

And force people to use centralized SSL authentication certs and DNS systems.
And nag people to death about self-signed certs and cookies.
And centralize access to webmail.
And #EEE (#enshittify) most popular apps for encrypted communication.
Anticipated all this a decade before Docororow coined the word #Enshittification
@kornel