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I agree. That's why I go mostly with open software. If I care enough I'll go and get my hands dirty with code. However I trust open source because people _I kn
by crististm 15y ago
I agree. That's why I go mostly with open software. If I care enough I'll go and get my hands dirty with code.
However I trust open source because people _I know_ told me they are trust-able not because of a higher authority.
I trust Amazon because friends of mine are satisfied customers and not because Verisign says so.
- bzbarsky 15y agoSure. But one important point here: Verisign doesn't tell you to trust Amazon. What Verisign can tell you is that you can trust that the server you're talking to right now is in fact affiliated with Amazon (in the case of EV certs) or corresponds to the hostname in your URL bar (in the case of regular certs). As long as no certificates got stolen, no one mis-issues certificates, etc....