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> ...the Trust Problem will become much worse as IoT advances, and, in the limit, nanotech... and you can't trust anything. Within the limits of physics, realit
by EvanAnderson 7y ago
> ...the Trust Problem will become much worse as IoT advances, and, in the limit, nanotech... and you can't trust anything. Within the limits of physics, reality will become permeated with "ghosts", we will haunt the world with our own daemons.
I am reminded of the Quen Ho "localizers" from "A Deepness in the Sky"[1]. They're nanotech devices that provide useful sensor functionality, but they also have hidden features known only to a "programmer archaeologist" who exploits them to advance his plans.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky
- carapace 7y agoExactly! BTW "locator dust" IRL is already becoming a thing: "smartdust" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartdust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartdust