I think "smarter" in this context means more well read about the particular subject of crypto, although people good at that are likely to very intelligence all round too.
A different approach is not necessarily "less secure" it's just that it may have had less people banging on it trying to figure out ways to break it.
I think "smarter" in this context means more well read about the particular subject of crypto, although people good at that are likely to very intelligence all round too.
A different approach is not necessarily "less secure" it's just that it may have had less people banging on it trying to figure out ways to break it.