I'm against adoption.

- A first step should be to discuss if JOSE needs hybrid signatures and if yes, 
to discuss what kind of hybrid signatures. This has not been done at all.

- If JOSE wants to do hybrid signatures, I think JOSE should avoid exactly the 
kind of hybrids specified in this draft. This looks like an experiment from 
2019, not something that should be standardized in 2027.

- One argument why this is needed has been that Europe recommends hybrids, but 
the EU defines a hybrid as "A combination of a post-quantum algorithm and a 
quantum-vulnerable algorithm for the same mechanism, such that the security is 
as high as the higher of the ingredients.". The algorithms in this draft are 
not hybrids according to that definition as they break the important SUF-CMA 
property of standalone ML-DSA.
https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/117507

Cheers,
John
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