cryptography default_backend is "hazmat"?

[Ian Pilcher]

Yet another newbie question/observation ...

So every example I can find of using python-cryptography includes a
call to cryptography.hazmat.backends.default_backend().  Of course, the
documentation at https://cryptography.io/en/latest/hazmat/backends/
says:

   ! Danger

   This is a “Hazardous Materials” module. You should ONLY use it if
   you’re 100% absolutely sure that you know what you’re doing because
   this module is full of land mines, dragons, and dinosaurs with laser
   guns.

Anyone else see a conflict here?

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