A lot of serious cryptography is open-source anyway. Cryptographers and cryptanalysts have long understood the benefits of lots of eyes on the code. A lot of the closed-source efforts are snake-oil.
Of course there is a prominent exception: the NSA.
The NSA do make some work public.
Sure. The benefits of public sharing are somewhat reduced if your secret community is sufficiently large and well-funded, though.
A lot of serious cryptography is open-source anyway. Cryptographers and cryptanalysts have long understood the benefits of lots of eyes on the code. A lot of the closed-source efforts are snake-oil.
Of course there is a prominent exception: the NSA.
The NSA do make some work public.
Sure. The benefits of public sharing are somewhat reduced if your secret community is sufficiently large and well-funded, though.