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I just think it's a misleading analysis to say "this system is vulnerable to XYZ" without including the fact that ALL systems in this class are equally vulnerable. Crypto agility is not a thing that can be applied to encryption at rest.

It's similar to criticizing an alcoholic drink by saying "this drink will cause liver damage" as opposed to saying "this drink, like all alcoholic drinks, will cause liver damage"

Without that caveat people will see that criticism as evidence that other alcoholic drinks do not cause liver damage. The absence of words can convey the wrong impression.

*Edited for better clarity.




At this point I can not edit the top comment. I would have edited with something like: "this property is not an implementation bug but a design outcome shared with any deployment of cryptography that persists ciphertext data in public."

Of course in future I will endeavour for more clarity and hope others read into this thread.




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