never studied much him, but generally when people comes as excellence from this kind of sectorial technical field its easier to distinguish the "technician" from the "theorets" and the "activist". Still I didnt dive much into his publications so my opinion dont value much here
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yeah, he used to be a good analyst and a very good cryptographer, but he morphed into an activist and i just can't read two articles more after i hear His Master's Voice coming through a former favourite author/analyst
honestly, when writers become activists for anything other than their own original thoughts they stop being writers and start being propagandists