3 ms·
It's easy to trust the user and the wider community when your typical user is "another student in UCLA" and the worst they can steal from you is yesterday's exp
by yongjik 9y ago
It's easy to trust the user and the wider community when your typical user is "another student in UCLA" and the worst they can steal from you is yesterday's experiment log.
Put another way, it's easy to trust a user if you and they both know that they can be tracked down and face disciplinary action if their behavior was deemed unacceptable.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoMoreover: it's easy to trust each other if all you're doing is scientific research, games and pranks. But one day we woke up and found half of the world relying on computing in everything, from business to healthcare to national security. With regular people and regular day-to-day stuff comes regular crime.
- krmboya 9y agoPerhaps it's the difference between the experimentation and commercialization phases of some technology. Having a culture of trust replaced by one of distrust.