Point being that you're always trusting somebody. "Reflections on Trusting Trust": https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrusti

Point being that you're always trusting somebody. "Reflections on Trusting Trust": https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref... And even if you go Full OpenBSD, you're still relying on some chip microcode and BIOS that you bought sight-unseen. So, unless the Free Software Foundation staffs its own fab staffed by angels, the best we can do is minimize risk.