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		cryptarch on Nov 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Formal Security Analysis of the Signal Messaging... It's "ad-hominem", but I agree.

pessimizer on Nov 8, 2016 [–]

"Ad-personem" and "ad-hominem" are equally accurate in this case, because it wasn't either.

cryptarch on Nov 8, 2016 | [–]

I done goofed. I wasn't even aware what an "ad-personam" was. I found a related question on Quora and that explained it quite well I think.

Quora question: https://www.quora.com/What-are-concrete-examples-of-ad-homin...

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