> That’s correct, and that’s why I won’t touch the code: because users *aren’t* > rational.
This is in my opinion not rational as well. Not contributing to a good project, because others aren't rational? Seems like a lame excuse for me. > The Peace Corps and the CIA have a mutual understanding: [...] In a perfect world it would be probably cool, to don't have non-intellgence developers on crypto-software, but we don't have much skilled contributers, and as long the software gets better in a objective and in a measurable (I think it's possible), it's better than not contributing. > I’ve had people email me accusations of being an FBI mole [...] Same argument as above. A rational community should not take irrational people seriously. Besides that, I have read a FAQ from you: http://sixdemonbag.org/cryptofaq.xhtml If I'm reading the "You know spooks, right?" and "What are they like?", it's not only the case, that you have a father, who is a judge, but you know other people from the intelligence community. Additionally I don't like your argumentation. In my opinion you are relativizing the status of people from the intelligence community by making everybody a spook. Sorry, no. There is a difference, between googling a "blind date’s name" and working for the state to achieve secret operations and doing things like economic espionage and the espionage of the United Nations. STILL this is not a reason to don't contribute. You are a software engineer. Have you already looked at the code and gave recommendations to make the code better? You don't have to contribute code in this case. Maybe an opinion about the code could bring the project a step further. I don't if this already happened. > This is likely true, but... I have read some of your sites afterwards, and you are telling almost the same: "When we reduce lines of code, we almost always reduce bugs." > … this makes me doubt your qualifications to make such a statement. I can directly tell you, that I'm not qualified for several statements, about (secure) software engineering, code review and other topics on information security. I make it clear now: I'm an amateur. So I'm revoking this statement and I hope, my other arguments are not affected by this. Kristy _______________________________________________ enigmail-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or make changes to your subscription click here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/mailman/listinfo/enigmail-users_enigmail.net
