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how does schneier write blog posts? he can't trust the keyboard or the screen or any hardware or software involved in the process. how do you even know it's sc
by keymone 5y ago
how does schneier write blog posts? he can't trust the keyboard or the screen or any hardware or software involved in the process.
how do you even know it's schneier's post? how could you trust any digital signature schneier might use to prove authenticity of that post?
etc, etc.
this is the kind of garbage that post can be reduced to.
- gkilmain 5y agoYou seem to think digital authenticity is not important. I'm on the fence but I think its too early to conclude. I didn't grow up in a virtual world but maybe to those who did the idea of digital authenticity is all that matters.
- keymone 5y agono, my point is that you can apply this argument to anything: "how could X be safe if X is software that could be backdoored, delivered to you via internet tubes that can be mitm'ed, compiled by another software that can inject backdoors and runs on hardware that could contain backdoors"
- gkilmain 5y agoI understand. Maybe the space will only truly realize its potential after the hype dies down. With coins so volatile probably wont happen anytime soon.
- rspeele 5y agoIf I trust that Schneier actually wrote that post, and I'm wrong, no big deal. If I trust that my choice of cryptocurrency software (or hardware wallet) is legit, and I'm wrong, I lose all the savings I put into crypto, with zero chance of recovery.
- keymone 5y agoif you put your savings into something you don't know how to operate safely, maybe you deserve to lose it? ultimately all the services you rely on to keep your savings safe can be built by other companies on top of bitcoin for a fee (already happening btw). it's just an option in addition to the rest of financial world. eggs, basket, yadda, yadda.