I wish the meme that crypto is hard would just die.
The reason is that the statements is wrong and is probably encourage exactly what it wants to discourage. Crypto is hard is not factually incorrect. The problem is that it is trivially correct, because programming is always hard. Every algorithm and design is hard to get right.
The correct statement, and the one that should be repeated instead is that crypto's stakes are high. Getting it wrong carries bigger consequences than a normal program.
So stop propagating that crypto is hard. (Because people do hard stuff everyday and might thus think they've got the right stuff to write crypto.)
Say that crypto has too high stakes to be done off the cuff.
The reason is that the statements is wrong and is probably encourage exactly what it wants to discourage. Crypto is hard is not factually incorrect. The problem is that it is trivially correct, because programming is always hard. Every algorithm and design is hard to get right.
The correct statement, and the one that should be repeated instead is that crypto's stakes are high. Getting it wrong carries bigger consequences than a normal program.
So stop propagating that crypto is hard. (Because people do hard stuff everyday and might thus think they've got the right stuff to write crypto.)
Say that crypto has too high stakes to be done off the cuff.