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Why should I value the information from one internet stranger over another? You can't authenticate if you don't know who anyone is. If someone is consistently c
by upofadown 5y ago
Why should I value the information from one internet stranger over another? You can't authenticate if you don't know who anyone is. If someone is consistently changing the information then someone is going to notice.
Just think about all that unauthenticated information in libraries. Anyone can replace pages in the books. Books can be substituted with completely fake copies. No one bothers to do this for the same reasons no one bothers to MITM connections to plain text web sites.
- treesknees 5y agoIn a world where governments are even changing the ending to popular movies [0], how do you know that tampering with books and other sources of information aren't taking place? Perhaps you're speaking specifically about American libraries, probably because most Americans don't head over to a book shelf for their information these days, but more generally speaking it's not that farfetched of an idea at all. [0]https://nypost.com/2022/01/25/fight-club-ending-changed-in-china-as-government-censorship/ https://nypost.com/2022/01/25/fight-club-ending-changed-in-c...