US spy agency may be weakening new #encryption #algorithms designed to protect against #quantum computers. #Cryptography expert believes US National Institute of Standards and Technology is obscuring involvement of US National Security Agency in developing new encryption standards. #NIST denies claims, but expert argues for #transparent and #verifiable procedures to ensure #encryption standards are not weakened. nostr:note1da89v8gehqzftgmkzun2fdqdyrz6xmvghv6ad0lp2pscef2reglq8x7gev