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On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:32:33PM -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> I also think there does need to be a strong sanction against this UMN
> research group, since we need to make sure there are strong incentives
> against wasting everyone's time with stunts like this.  Hopefully on
> the academic side it can be made clear that this is not ethical
> research - for example, why did IEEE think this was an acceptable
> paper?

I wholeheartedly disagree.  Demonstrating this kind of "attack" has
been long overdue, and kicked off a very important discussion.  Even
more so as in this area malice is almost indistinguishable from normal
incompetence.  I think they deserve a medel of honor.