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