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I love this (from the article): "You trust us not to screw up on your machine with every update." -- Mark Shuttleworth That's not the same as "I trust you wit
by drivingmenuts 14y ago
I love this (from the article):
"You trust us not to screw up on your machine with every update." -- Mark Shuttleworth
That's not the same as "I trust you with my personal information." No matter how trivial, it's still personal information.
Seems like this could be a potential security risk, as well, although I'm having trouble articulating it.
- chmars 14y agoThe simple truth is that you cannot use an OS without trusting its developers. To a lesser degree, the same is true for any software. I do not like this dependence either but it seems to be a reality we (at least I) have to accept.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoThe fact that we're okay with running their code need not necessarily mean that we should be okay with sending them personal information. The two are mutually exclusive.
- ordinary 14y agoMutually exclusive means that either one, xor the other can be true, but not both. That is not the case here. You can be OK with running someone's code and with sending them your personal information.
- dredmorbius 14y agoThe word you're looking for is "orthogonal".
- jlgreco 14y agoI don't think that is true of software at all. I wouldn't trust Fyodor (well, I suppose these days I would. Not in the past though), but I do and always have trusted Nmap.