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> but the only positive test may have been a false positive Software getting flagged by anti-malware as a false positive is a great way to get an evil corpo ta
by pudgywalsh 3mo ago
> but the only positive test may have been a false positive
Software getting flagged by anti-malware as a false positive is a great way to get an evil corpo tale of woe to the top of HN with 800 points.
- dredmorbius 3mo agoMultiple chains of evidence may be used to support a conclusion. One conclusive chain is sufficient, even if others are equivocal. You're focusing on the weakest part of the argument, which HN guidelines explicitly request you not do: <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>. (Less so if others are exculpatory. Which is not the case here. A known false positive is not conclusive proof, but neither does it explicitly clear a source.) See for more explanation: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044401 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49044401>.