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There is a funny story about a NIST competition amongst the quantum key encapsulation algorithms
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Basically it was rigged by the NSA and they chose a terribly insecure algorithm (Kyber) instead of the one that hasn't been cracked and has only been improving since like the 80s (NTRU)
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Bernstein's had a rant on this too https://blog.cr.yp.to/20220805-nsa.html