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If I were him, my main selling point would be trust. That is, I would trust him much more with my data than any random guy who copied his code (because he reall
by corentin 19y ago
If I were him, my main selling point would be trust. That is, I would trust him much more with my data than any random guy who copied his code (because he really knows computer security and cryptography and because he has some credentials, too: he's FreeBSD security officer).
If you wanted to compete with him on this ground (trust and security), you'd need to be a good security hacker too and obviously you wouldn't need to copy his code because you could write it yourself.
- cperciva 19y agoTrust my ability, not my morality. I'm just as vulnerable to court orders, extortion, and corrupt datacentre technicians as the next guy, so you shouldn't be trusting that I'll never try to steal your data. If someone puts a gun to my head, OF COURSE I'll try to steal your data. However, if I've done my job properly, I'll fail -- because the first design principle behind tarsnap is that nobody will be able to steal your data, even if they force me to cooperate with them.