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On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht posted on Mon, 04 Aug 2014 15:04:12 -0700 as excerpted: |
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> > As the line in that favorite song goes "Paranoia strikes deep"... |
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> FWIW, |
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I __LOVE__ the idea that my favorite old song has ended up being |
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a contraction everyone uses... |
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> while my lists sig is the proprietary-master quote from Richard |
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> Stallman below, since the (anti-)patriot bill was passed in the reaction |
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> to 9-11, my private email sig is a famous quote from Benjamin Franklin: |
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> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little |
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> temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." |
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> So "I'm with ya..." |
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Good to know. (Not that I didn't already!) |
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<SNIP> |
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> These are good questions to ask, and to have some idea of the answers to, |
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> as well. |
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> Big picture, at some level, you pretty much have to accept that you |
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> /don't/ know. |
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OK. |
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<SNIP> |
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> I never kept the link, but it seems the title actually stuck in memory |
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> well enough for me to google it: "Reflections on Trusting Trust" |
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> =:^) Here's the google link: |
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> https://www.google.com/search?q=%22reflections+on+trusting+trust%22 |
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This is a great paper and the Moral section is dead on right. The line: |
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"No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you |
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from using untrusted code." |
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is spot on and just about impossible for folks like me. (And I'm _way_ |
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beyond the average computer use, as is anyone reading this list.) |
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I'll respond/etc. to other parts of your post later but want to |
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give a quick thanks right now. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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