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Comment by dependenttypes

> Yes, side channels can be a nightmare to track down

I think that this is extremely overrated. As long as you are using C (rather than some weird language), avoid branches with secrets, avoid indexing arrays with secrets, and avoid *, division, and mod with secrets it should be fine.

> https://twitter.com/bascule/status/1287113393439035392

Low quality posts like that which encourage dunking on people rather than discussion are what made me stop using twitter. Extremely disgusting on his part, I am sorry that you have to deal with this sort of bullying. (I also did not find any signed shift despite the claim of the person responding)

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