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How are you supposed to checksum the book before you have it? You can't do that without trust, because you need to trust someone to give you the right checksum.
by eridius 9y ago
How are you supposed to checksum the book before you have it? You can't do that without trust, because you need to trust someone to give you the right checksum.
- webmaven 9y agoNot quite that dire: The checksum is typically public, where a large set of diverse stakeholders (most of which have incentives aligned with yours) can publically dispute it's veracity, increasing the costs of fraud. Moreover, some of those stakeholders may already be part of your existing circle of trust (either directly or transitively), which increases uncertainty for fradulent sellers.
- eridius 9y agoName me a single eBook you've purchased where the checksum for the eBook was public.