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While I suppose I technically agree with you that you can't literally remove all trust by some definitions, that doesn't mean it's not vitally important to talk
by tshaddox 5y ago
While I suppose I technically agree with you that you can't literally remove all trust by some definitions, that doesn't mean it's not vitally important to talking about and carefully considering who you trust and in many cases use technology to remove the reliance on trusting particular parties.
For example, if I say "I want to use TLS to order something from an online retailer because I don't want to trust my ISP with my credit card and purchase information" it would not be appropriate to respond with "well that's just ridiculous, because there's no way to remove all trust, after all you still have to trust the online retailer to ship you the item, you have to trust your credit card company to not overcharge you, etc."
- throwaway82652 5y agoYou're correct but that's not the way that these systems are promoted. I wouldn't have any problem with that particular aspect if the trust issue was framed that way, and there was some kind of real threat modeling going on. The idea of cryptocurrency is still terrible however.