2026.07.19 12:52:02 (Mastodon 116946732472387520, Twitter 2078825203975807168) from Daniel J. Bernstein:
"IETF participation is free and open to all interested individuals. ... Decision-making requires achieving broad consensus via these public processes." (https://web.archive.org/web/20260703153542/https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-llc-statement-competition-law-issues/). Reality: pay-to-play; NSA casts 6 votes; NSA pays its vendors to vote; chairs throw away _your_ vote.