Christopher Peikert quoted me to Daniel Bernstein. I provided @sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange with additional information about the recent Classic McEliece attacks. I’ve also reported multiple “you’re using AEADs wrong” vulnerabilities, and figured out how to quickly set up a quantum-safe secure link over a 300 bytes per second communication channel. I even know enough to pick lattice cryptosystem parameters that, for some applications, would likely be a better fit than the standard ones. I also know why those paramters would be a horrible fit for general-purpose use, and how to use them correctly despite the footgun. And I know how to tweak an existing implementation of ML-KEM to use these new parameters without breaking things. Maybe I should become a cryptographer.